Why is this number everywhere?
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Published 2024-03-28
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References:
Simon, W. E. (1972). “Blue Seven Phenomenon” in Elementary and Jr. High Children. Psychological Reports - ve42.co/Simon1972
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Saito, M. (1999). “Blue and Seven Phenomena” in Japanese Students. Perceptual & Motor Skills - ve42.co/Saito1999
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Hargreaves, S. (2009). The psychology of randomness. - ve42.co/Hargreaves2009
The 37 Force via The Magician’s Forum - ve42.co/37Force1
Fulves, K. (1979) Self-Working Mental Magic. Dover Publications, Inc. - ve42.co/Fulves1979
Random numbers via The Jargon File at catb.org - ve42.co/Jargon
Random Number Survey by MahoganyForest via Reddit - ve42.co/RedditRndm
Prime number theorem via Wikipedia - ve42.co/WikiPNT
Grossack, C. (2023). A truly incredible fact about the number 37. Grossack.site - ve42.co/Grossack2023
Least prime factor of n via oeis.org - ve42.co/LeastPrime
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Images & Video:
Just 37 by Tom Magliery - ve42.co/Just37
R4000 Processor via Molecular Expressions - ve42.co/micro37
The “37” Cluster by Noel Carboni - ve42.co/NGC2169
Charles Fleischer via Wikimedia - ve42.co/Fleischer
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Directed by Emily Zhang
Written by Emily Zhang and Derek Muller
Edited by Peter Nelson
Asst edited by Luke Molloy
Animated by Fabio Albertelli, Ivy Tello, and Leigh Williamson
Illustrated by Jakub Misiek
Filmed by Emily Zhang, Casper Mebius, Derek Muller, Michael Cimpher, and David Szasz
Additional research by Gregor Čavlović
Produced by Emily Zhang, Giovanna Utichi, Han Evans, and Emily Taylor
Thumbnail contributions by Ignat Berbeci, Ren Hurley, and Peter Sheppard
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Music from Epidemic Sound
All Comments (21)
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walking down the street and being asked to say a random number and then having the interviewer get excited over your answer has to be so confusing
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"he just 37ed and walked away" was undoubtedly the funniest part of this video
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I watched the whole video thinking that I don't have anything related to 37 at all, then realized that I'm 37 years old.
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Guy: "Hey what gas station do you wanna go to?"
Veritasium: "So are you familiar with logarithms and derivatives?" -
The fact this video isn't 37mins long, is an insult to easter eggs everywhere.
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37 and 73 being the 12th and 21st prime numbers is satisfying.
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I love how when I was thinking of the number 37 I recalled that death note had 37 episodes, it was always an odd number to me until now!
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1/137. Fine structure constant. Wolfgang Pauli was obsessed with number 137. He died in hospital room 137.
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The fact that he discarded 42 and 69 for obvious reasons is just too funny to me.
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37 actually has a unique universal quality: it's the representation of the exact quantity of 37, a very special property that no other number has.
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"37, in a row?!" - CLERKS ( Arguably the funniest scene in cinematic history)
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I just turn 37 years old and it is the first birthday ever I decided to celebrate. As a kid, my mom gave me a couple birthday parties or celebrations, but at 15 I started not liking birthdays and never ever celebrated. This year, thanks to therapy I discovered the importance of celebrating, so a couple of months ago, I decided to have a gathering with friends and generally celebrate. Turns out, the first birthday celebration ever for me as an adult was my 37th birthday.
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I'm 37 years old. This explains everything!
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It gets even creepier. When you ignore all other numbers, 37 will come up 100% of the time!
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Sheldon Cooper explains very well why 73 is the Chuck Norris of numbers.
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The gasping compilation at 2:20 is really too good 😂
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i like how Derek dismissed 42 and 69 as "not random" and continued without any explanation
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The fact that 1/e = 0.37 is good evidence why the number turns up everywhere, e turns up everywhere.
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"THIRTY SEVEN PATTIES?!" part got me 🤣💀💀💀
