Originally posted by TheMaster37so her formula, clever byitch for sure!, says it needs to be 1.2Km long
Streching paper...clever.
So does that mean if you had 2.4 Km of paper you could do 13 folds?
And therefore no limit? If you had one LIGHTYEAR long paper how many folds could you get, same thickness as TP.
Originally posted by FabianFnaswhat if the paper were 1km x1km with one nanometer in thickness?
It is not possible to fold a paper 50 times without cutting it into pieces! Simply impossible.
Try it yourself and you'll quickly understand why.
Take a 1 by 1 meter sheet of paper with a 0.1 millimeter in thickness. The volume of this paper is 100 qubic millimeter. This volume does not eve change.
Fold it once. Now you have 1/2 by 1 meter in si ...[text shortened]... gardless of thickness of the paper or the square size from the beginning.
It's impossible.
in theory, obviously one nanometer thick paper would disinegrate in our hands, but think theoretically...
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Originally posted by CoconutThe number was debunked on Mythbusters. The principle wasn't. How often you can fold paper depends on how thin it is. Since cellulose fibres only come so thin, and no thinner, you'll never be able to fold a piece of paper 50 times without cheating. Mythbusters got to 11 or 12, I think; using the very thinnest paper possible you might get to 15; but you'll never get to 50.
This was debunked on mythbusters.
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Originally posted by sonhouseThat's not paper, though. That's woven (or felted) nanotubes. If that's called paper, denim is silk - because, hey, it's both woven, so it must be the same stuff, right? Wrong: denim and silk are made from different fibres, and so are paper and nano"paper".
There is something called nanopaper, nanotubes put together in a flat sheet, extremely thin, nanometers thin. I bet you could fold the crap out of that!
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OK, I agree that you couldn't fold a piece of paper 50 times in reality even not considering the gravitational and too close to the sun problems and all that. But in theory, you can fold a piece of paper 50 times. Sure, it might have to be the size of our galaxy, but you could still do it. There is no limit to the number of folds, just the size of the paper required increases exponentially. Does anyone disagree?
Regardless of thickness of the paper.
Originally posted by XZantothI think the number of possible folds is based on the area/thickness ratio. Possibly the shape of the paper too. The "softness" of the paper probably has something to do with it too.
OK, I agree that you couldn't fold a piece of paper 50 times in reality even not considering the gravitational and too close to the sun problems and all that. But in theory, you can fold a piece of paper 50 times. Sure, it might have to be the size of our galaxy, but you could still do it. There is no limit to the number of folds, just the size of the pa ...[text shortened]... quired increases exponentially. Does anyone disagree?
Regardless of thickness of the paper.
Didn't that one girl write out these equations?
Originally posted by Shallow BlueSeems like I read somewhere a hundred years ago that 17 times was the most a piece of paper, no matter how large, could be folded. Of course, that's 70's technology.
The number was debunked on Mythbusters. The principle wasn't. How often you can fold paper depends on how thin it is. Since cellulose fibres only come so thin, and no thinner, you'll never be able to fold a piece of paper 50 times without cheating. Mythbusters got to 11 or 12, I think; using the very thinnest paper possible you might get to 15; but you'll never get to 50.
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Originally posted by Sam The ShamJust watch The Mythbusters episode where they prove there is no limit on how many times you can fold a piece of paper.
Seems like I read somewhere a hundred years ago that 17 times was the most a piece of paper, no matter how large, could be folded. Of course, that's 70's technology.
It all depends on how big the paper is that you start with and how thick/thin it is.
If I remember, they folded a giant piece that took up an airport hanger about 15 times.
Originally posted by uzlessThey did Not prove that there is No limit. What they did was Bust the myth of the infamous 8th fold. The used a hanger at NASA and folded a paper 12 times. (I already posted this earlier) But as far as the topic subject...it is Impossible to fold a paper to reach the sun. Im not going to say its not possible to fold a paper 50 times (because if you just fold in over, and the change direct, like a krinckle fold, then 50 is nothing) but as far as in Half 50 times....I would pay to see that.
Just watch The Mythbusters episode where they prove there is no limit on how many times you can fold a piece of paper.
It all depends on how big the paper is that you start with and how thick/thin it is.
If I remember, they folded a giant piece that took up an airport hanger about 15 times.
