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by lini 1835 days ago
A video, explaining this paradox, was published by Veritasium last month - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxGsU8oIWjY
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Very cool. I'm still trying to wrap my head around what makes ABAB uncountable though. I understand the diagonal bit (its excluding them one by one), but it almost feels like that uncountable infinity is defined by a rule ("every combination") while the doors are defined by a different rule ("every item going upwards in count")
Another great video on it, this one from TED-Ed

https://youtu.be/Uj3_KqkI9Zo

Huge fan of Veritasium. Even on the videos where I already know a decent amount about the subject, I invariably still learn something new.
I saw this video a while ago. It’s got interesting 3D animations and explains everything in a very approachable manner. I recommend watching it.