@gavwould: Gabriel's Horn defies logic You can fill Gabriel's Horn with exactly one bucket of paint... but you could never paint the outside. Here is one of the most mind-bending paradoxes in mathematics and geometry, explained in 60 seconds. Even though the shape stretches infinitely, its volume is finite (exactly Pi!), while its surface area grows forever. #math #mathparadox #stem #infinity #geometry

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mister.osvajac
nidzo :
just put it in. a bigger gabriel horn thats filled with paint
2026-07-12 19:49:53
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blcknwht4
Fae :
just flip it inside out
2026-07-12 00:09:34
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strongcrafting
Jiro :
Gabe Horn
2026-07-11 18:16:41
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lordmogatron
Lord Mogatron :
Math be like, "Bro this thing I thought of is IMPOSSIBLE." Then describe an impossible thing and expect you to be impressed. Imagine if an architect came up with an idea to make a building out of cotton candy that curved in on itself and expected you to think that's intelligent.
2026-07-13 03:29:06
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.akiadi
😾😾 :
fit it in another Gabriel's horn filled with paint
2026-07-12 11:08:56
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l1zzy_tet0xd
L1ZZY_AL1ENZ4EV3R :
my brain hurts
2026-07-20 01:10:24
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stinger09823
stinger09823 :
Theory* not a fact because you cant prove it
2026-07-12 23:14:03
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hey_its_rawb
HeyItsRawb :
Anyone that’s painted anything knows it always takes slightly more than 1 bucket so you gotta buy 2
2026-07-13 22:05:36
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sentinel.vortex
Sentinel Vortex :
Well actually the horn becomes unpaintable as the diameter approaches the size of an atom the horn would cease to exist as a tangible object past that point
2026-07-12 22:00:48
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p3yond
beyond :
infinite games but no bacon
2026-07-19 12:59:01
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wjolly1824
wjolly1824 :
this makes no sense
2026-07-14 00:40:21
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la_millerrr
landon :
learnt the maths behind this in further maths
2026-07-19 21:51:15
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adricfrangoulis70
Adric :
Because in my opinion it’s wrong it’s like saying .99999… = 1, that infinite section is still there so it doesn’t at up to a finite amount is what I think is right
2026-07-13 05:45:09
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dadknowstoomuch
dad knows too much :
How can circles be filled up but circle diameters can't be? 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
2026-07-19 19:06:31
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jonas.k_2
Jonas :
here's an example to help you understand: Imagine you have a cake. Slice it in half and stack the two halves on top of eachother. Then slice the top half and stack that quarter on top of the other quarter. You can theoretically keep doing this forever, but the volume of cake you used in the beginning is still the same. The surface area, however, can expand infinitely
2026-07-16 06:41:58
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arved.mec
Arvedmec :
Bro why is everything pi
2026-07-13 22:20:32
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itsemilygable
Emily Gable :
Good. Another concept that I am too stupid to understand. Others include: why mobius strips work the way they do, imaginary numbers, the expansion of the universe, and magenta.
2026-07-15 03:00:34
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.murdo_
Murdo :
Well theoretically yeah but if we account for atoms being a thing than yeah not really
2026-07-12 23:52:50
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hoi106alg
🇩🇿★ ☪zawvⵣ ★🇩🇿 :
what if you have a pool of paint and dip it in it
2026-07-11 18:25:30
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kuzey_ltn
kuzey_t3 :
So its gabe’s horn?
2026-07-11 22:14:29
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bicaysey
corporalpanpik :
its just made up bs
2026-07-12 00:37:01
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cooper_on_fire
cooper_on_fire :
just flip it inside out and fill it up
2026-07-14 17:42:40
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danny_weathers
Danny Weathers :
Other students: “when am I ever gonna use this?” Me at Home Depot: “Just one bucket of paint please” 😎
2026-07-13 23:04:08
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deimismaz
Zazu :
gabe horn?
2026-07-12 23:17:51
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christal0611
Christal0611 :
If this is the ideal mathematical horn, then the paint must also be treated as an ideal continuous substance with no molecules or minimum thickness. But once you argue that real paint eventually cannot pass through because its molecules have finite size, you have switched to physics. In that physical model, the horn also cannot remain infinitely long, infinitely thin, and perfectly continuous. You cannot apply molecular limits to the paint while leaving the horn mathematically ideal. A physically truncated horn has finite surface area and can be painted with a finite amount.
2026-07-18 11:29:27
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