Is pool actually just mathematics?
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Published 2024-06-21
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Huge thanks to Rollie and Jenn. Check out their videos on the diamond system.
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Rollie is an average pool player: • Your Average Pool Player
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We filmed at Jenn's fantastic venue: Skyline Billiards and Bar. You should go there! www.skylinebilliards.com/
And that Grant guy makes some pretty good math videos: / @3blue1brown
Huge thanks to my Patreon supporters. Whenever I bounce off them they give me plenty of spin. www.patreon.com/standupmaths
CORRECTIONS
- None yet, let me know if you spot anything!
Filming by Alex Genn-Bash
Editing by Gus Melton
Written and performed by Matt Parker
Produced by Nicole Jacobus
Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson
Playing darts in the background out of focus: Bec Hill
MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
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All Comments (21)
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remember, these are mathematicians, not physicists.
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2 mathematicians enter a bar with a measuring tape...
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"There's more air in the room than I assumed." 😆🤣😆
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As a physicist, if my shot doesn't miss the pocket by 10 pocket lengths, it is pretty accurate and should thus count as a perfect hit.
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"The math doesn't make a difference if you don't know how to hit the cue ball." Genius.
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I think you need a bit more janky Python code for this one.
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Pool Players: “They’ll never get it because they’re measuring based on the walls and not the diamonds.” Mathematicians: “Jokes on you, we’re pretending that we’re playing in a hall of mirrors!”
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the scene of a pair of mathematicians breaking out the notes and measuring tape in the middle of a pool game is something straight out of a comedic skit
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Alternative title - "Mathematicians discover how engineers feel when handed drawing plans from architects
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"The table is 100 inches long, so when you divide into 80 segments, each segment is 1 inch." New unit unlocked: the Parker Inch.
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So many spherical, weightless cows in a vacuum.
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"there's more air in the room then I assumed" Matt Parker, 2024
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3:18 i love how Grant expected that exact reaction from Matt to the use of inches that he had is face ready for the comeback
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"These guys have been failing up for their whole lives, I don't want that to happen at this table'' -- Man who affixes all mics with blue tape
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"My brain REFUSES to look at the inches" <3
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As soon as Grant started measuring in inches I immediately switched allegiances to the pros, a travesty of practical calculation.
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obviously math can account for every possible thing... friction, humidity, air drag, etc etc... it's just a matter of building all these factors into the simulation I would LOVE a part two where you over-engineer a simulation program running on a laptop and try to beat them using THAT !!!!!!!!!!
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What a great way to show the difference between theory and application. Jenn was super patient and cool about everything, she's a great communicator. Rollie was there too!
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Matt: "is there friction?" Me: "You leave physics out of my maths, mister!"
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Reminds me of the time in high school where I proclaimed, "I CAN SEE GEOMETRY," and proceeded to totally whiff my pool shot. My friend was dying with laughter 😂
