The speaker discusses the concept of doubling the size of a sheet of A4 paper, starting from a single sheet and doubling it repeatedly. This process is used as a metaphor to illustrate the scale of the universe and the vastness of the cosmos.
The speaker begins by explaining that a sheet of A4 paper is not just a flat surface, but an invitation to explore the universe. The speaker then explains that the paper is a metric, a unit of measurement, and that each half of the paper is the same shape as the whole. This property holds true for metric paper, but not for origami or letter paper, where halves are smaller but different shapes.
The speaker then discusses how each sheet of A4 paper can be used to design everything from posters to postage, and how everything can fit on a roll of zero exactly for printing. The speaker also mentions how each sheet of A4 paper is hypnotizing and mathematical, and how it can be used as a door to the exponential spiral of everything.
The speaker then begins to describe the process of doubling the size of the paper, starting from a single sheet and doubling it repeatedly. The speaker explains that this process can be used to describe the scale of the universe, starting from the size of a bee's organ and moving up to the size of a hydrogen atom. The speaker also discusses the concept of atomic vision and how it can be used to explore the smallest size of matter, the Planck length.
The speaker then describes how the process of doubling can be used to describe the scale of the universe, starting from the size of a proton and moving up to the size of the universe itself. The speaker explains that the universe is mostly empty space, and that everything we touch and care about is made up of mostly empty space.
The speaker then discusses the concept of the observable universe and the unobservable universe. The speaker explains that the observable universe is a sphere containing two trillion galaxies, but even this may not be the end of everything that there is. The speaker also mentions the concept of the multiverse, where there are potentially infinite universes beyond the observable universe.
The speaker then concludes by discussing the concept of infinity and the concept of nothing. The speaker explains that the universe is made up of mostly nothing, and that everything that could ever be for us could potentially be shrunk into nothing. The speaker also mentions the concept of the end of the universe, where the extinction of every star and the end of the universe itself could potentially cause the death of every living thing everywhere.
The speaker then concludes by saying that the number of doublings that exist beyond the observable universe is unknowable, but potentially enough to shrink everything that could ever be for us into nothing in infinite nothing.
1. The speaker describes a sheet of A4 paper as an invitation to everything that exists for this paper.
2. The speaker mentions that the A4 paper is a metric which has a special property.
3. The speaker explains that each half of the A4 paper is also the same shape as the whole, with the ratio of its sides identical.
4. The speaker states that this only works for metric paper, not for origami and letter paper.
5. The speaker mentions that a full sheet of metric is named A4 and each half is A5, and each half of that is A6.
6. The speaker explains that everything from posters to postage can be designed on the A4 before you and scaled up or down perfectly.
7. The speaker states that everything can fit on a roll of A4 exactly for printing.
8. The speaker describes the A4 as a door to the exponential spiral of everything.
9. The speaker explains that the exponential spiral of everything begins with one sheet of A4 metric paper.
10. The speaker mentions that the size of a bee's organ can be reached after 24 divisions.
11. The speaker states that the cells of the bee are each just as alive as the animal they form.
12. The speaker explains that after 32 divisions down, we enter the mechanical brain of the animal cell.
13. The speaker mentions that after 56 divisions down, we reach the width of a strand of DNA where hexagonal arrangements of atoms interact mechanically to build living things.
14. The speaker explains that after 64 divisions down, we reach the size of a single hydrogen atom.
15. The speaker states that everything you touch, everything physical, is an electron cloud creating the illusion of something.
16. The speaker mentions that the hydrogen nucleus is a single proton.
17. The speaker explains that the proton isn't a sphere but a sea of quarks appearing and disappearing.
18. The speaker mentions that after 76 doublings, we can see the orbits of Venus and Mars.
19. The speaker explains that after 80 doublings, the distance to the sun is reached.
20. The speaker mentions that after 124 doublings, the orbits of the outer planets are revealed.
21. The speaker explains that at 184 doublings of a sheet of A4 paper, is the end of everything that can be for us.
22. The speaker states that we have reached the edge of the observable universe, a sphere containing two trillion galaxies.
23. The speaker mentions that beyond the observable universe is the unobservable universe, in which exist objects so distant that light traveling from them will never reach earth.
24. The speaker explains that the extinction of every star and the end of the universe itself will cause the death of every living thing everywhere.