Life's Biggest Paradoxes

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The first 100 people to use code APERTURE with the link below will get 60% off of Incogni: http://incogni.com/aperture What are the real odds of the impossible? From a man struck by lightning seven times to the chances of becoming an astronaut or a billionaire, probability shapes our lives in surprising ways. This video dives into famous paradoxes, shocking statistics, and myths you’ve always believed but science proves wrong. Discover why you’re more likely to be crushed by a vending machine than attacked by a shark, how the “birthday paradox” confuses our intuition, why dinosaurs probably had feathers, and what the Fermi Paradox reveals about alien life. We’ll also break down how much of your life is actually yours to live, what money really means for happiness, and why the odds of you even being alive are astronomically small. 0:00 Intro, probability frames 0:38 Roy Sullivan, seven lightning strikes 1:21 Lightning vs perfect card shuffle 1:33 Risks we misread, sharks and vending machines 2:24 Spectacle bias, planes vs cars, drunk driving 4:04 Sponsor, Incogni 5:21 Back to story, right-handed appliances 6:15 Beating the odds in the arts 7:59 Scarcity in sports, Olympians, astronauts, presidents 10:01 Aging stats, birthday effect, odds of being born 12:03 Wave-particle, why paradoxes matter 13:10 Lottery paradox, Russell’s set, hedonism 15:07 Paradox of choice, “more options, less happy” 16:23 Learning and Simpson’s paradox 17:03 Identity change, backwards law, Messi arc 19:54 Fermi paradox 20:59 Coastline paradox 23:26 Your 79 years, time budget breakdown 33:42 Pop-paradoxes, Pinocchio, trust, birthday, surprise test 43:06 Peace vs war, catch-22s, unequal world 44:49 When we were wrong, evolution, humans, dinos, myths 58:03 Money and happiness, $75k debate, new data 1:09:22 Odds you exist, chain of luck 1:20:06 Past futures, sci-fi that guessed right, time capsules 1:30:50 Closing If you’re curious about paradoxes, probability, life’s biggest questions, and the science behind our existence, this video will change the way you see the world. Support this channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ApertureYT/about Questions or concerns? Contact us at https://underknown.com/contact