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ViHart's comment of this trick (for example try doing 97x86 using this):

>> ^Payback:

I've been noticing how more arrogant she sounds the more popular she becomes.
I noticed it too, but it's just her scratchy voice, maybe she doesn't realize how arrogant it makes her sound, but now apparently she doesn't care whether the audience likes it or not.



I still think her videos are interesting and smart, but kind of self-indulging.

>> ^noims:

Maybe it's because I'm a bit tipsy, but I think that's exactly what she meant... and doesn't give a shit about.
Our perception of her may endeer or alienate us to/from her, but if she wants to say something, she should just fucking say it! We could hate her for her opinion, or the way she expresses it, but at least it's [claiming to be] what she actually wants to say.
In an ideal world I'd rather scream truth to oblivion, than half-truths to the masses.
... or maybe I missed a <sarcasm> tag.
>> ^Payback:
I've been noticing how more arrogant she sounds the more popular she becomes.



I'm not saying anything about her content, or her intelligence, just the tone of her vids. They used to be quirky and fun, but lately they're getting sorta condescending-ish.

Meh, who knows, maybe she's letting the trolls (who attack anyone popular for no other reason) get to her.

Thank you
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Amazing talk, now I Hart Vi<3 all the more! *promote *internet

Maybe it's because I'm a bit tipsy, but I think that's exactly what she meant... and doesn't give a shit about.

Our perception of her may endeer or alienate us to/from her, but if she wants to say something, she should just fucking say it! We could hate her for her opinion, or the way she expresses it, but at least it's [claiming to be] what she actually wants to say.

In an ideal world I'd rather scream truth to oblivion, than half-truths to the masses.

... or maybe I missed a <sarcasm> tag.
>> ^Payback:

I've been noticing how more arrogant she sounds the more popular she becomes.

Vihart is the Mathasaurus Rex.

Thanks for the promote.
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*promote

You're right on two counts: first, I did think you were arguing against the point made; and second I shouldn't have insulted you. Sorry 'bout that.

FWIW, I dropped out of high school after grade 11, I have no college math except what I've been teaching myself recently, and I used none of it when I figured this out for myself. Everything Vi uses in her vids is high school or even grade school math, and if you trust yourself to do arithmetic, then this proof is accessible. She doesn't even hint that the idea of "limits" from calculus gives a quick solution to her 9th reason, the sum of an infinite series.

Anyway, I'm happy to see then that my original prediction has held so far, and nobody here is starting a stupid argument about their feelings about whether this is true.>> ^entr0py:

No reason to be quite that much of a jerk about it. Not everyone has had as much college level math as you. And presumably her videos are about teaching people who don't already know everything she does.
But if you thought I was making an argument against the idea, you're wrong. Vihart presents it very convincingly. I was just trying to think of the implications.
Honestly after watching that video late at night I could no longer wrap my head around inequalities like X < 1. I used to think that meant X could be a number infinitely close to one, but that doesn't work because infinitely close to one is one (most of the video is about explaining why this is true). So, what is the highest possible number that satisfies X < 1? It seems there might be no sensible way of expressing that boundary, and thinking about it just puts you into a spiral of non-working logic exactly like Zeno's paradoxes. Looking back, at 1:23 she mentions what I'm talking about, but doesn't go into it.
Ultimately, she finds this interesting enough to talk about for 10 minutes, and we find it interesting enough to watch. So why should it evoke rage and insults when there's a chance we might talk about it amongst ourselves?

Messenger, there's no reason to be quite that much of a jerk about it. Not everyone has had as much college level math as you. And presumably her videos are about teaching people who don't already know everything she does.

But if you thought I was making an argument against the idea, you're wrong. Vihart presents it very convincingly. I was just trying to think of the implications.

Honestly after watching that video late at night I could no longer wrap my head around inequalities like X < 1. I used to think that meant X could be a number infinitely close to one, but that doesn't work because infinitely close to one is one (most of the video is about explaining why this is true). So, what is the highest possible number that satisfies X < 1? It seems there might be no sensible way of expressing that boundary, and thinking about it just puts you into a spiral of non-working logic exactly like Zeno's paradoxes. Looking back, at 1:23 she mentions what I'm talking about, but doesn't go into it.


Ultimately, she finds this interesting enough to talk about for 10 minutes, and we find it interesting enough to watch. So why should it evoke rage and insults when there's a chance we might talk about it amongst ourselves?

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