> The people that made the video -knew- that they were oversimplifying the
> premise.  They did this to create a mystery where there was no mystery in order
> to "Engage the wider public".  The idea was that people would research the
> topics more fully in order to understand how this could be, but the problem is
> that this whole topic is useless unless you're working with quantum mechanics,
> in which case you have a great deal more knowledge about mathematics, and this
> becomes a carny trick.

It worked though - I only actually found the video after a friend at 
work sent me the "proof" and started researching further. Learning a bit 
more maths is never a bad thing :-)

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