Why Giants Can't Exist: Galileo's Argument

Professor Joel David Hamkins presents Galileo's argument that giants are physically impossible because strength scales with the square of size while mass scales with the cube. 📺 Watch the full lecture:    • The Paradox of Giants: Strange Consequence...   From the course: Lectures on Infinity. In Lectures on Infinity, Joel David Hamkins guides viewers through the great paradoxes and discoveries about infinity, from Zeno's ancient puzzles to Cantor's revolutionary proof that some infinities are larger than others. The course traces the long debate between potential and actual infinity, exploring thought experiments like Hilbert's Hotel and Galileo's paradox. It concludes with Cantor's continuum hypothesis, a profound puzzle at the heart of set theory. No prior mathematical background is required, only curiosity. 📚 Watch the whole series:    • Lectures on Infinity   Presented by Ergo, a nonprofit that films long-form philosophy lectures with leading scholars and publishes them online without ads or paywalls. Find more courses and learn more at https://ergo.org Connect with Ergo: Subscribe:    / @ergo_org   Instagram:   / ergo_org   LinkedIn:   / ergoorg