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Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/donateinfi How do you defeat a creature that grows two heads for every one head you chop off? You do the math. Thanks to The Great Courses Plus for sponsoring this episode of Infinite Series. Try a 30 day trial of The Great Course Plus at http://ow.ly/Ugae307LfpA Tweet at us! @pbsinfinite Facebook: facebook.com/pbsinfinite series Email us! pbsinfiniteseries [at] gmail [dot] com Previous Episode - Singularities Explained https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pIRibivolA Previous Episode - A Hierarchy of Infinities https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7c2qz7sO0I Mathematician Kelsey Houston-Edwards explains how to defeat a seemingly undefeatable monster using a rather unexpected mathematical proof. In this episode you’ll see mathematician vs monster, thought vs ferocity, cardinal vs ordinal. You won’t want to miss it. Written and Hosted by Kelsey Houston-Edwards Produced by Rusty Ward Graphics by Ray Lux Made by Kornhaber Brown (www.kornhaberbrown.com) Comments answered by Kelsey: Lucid Moses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pIRibivolA&lc=z13pertwclqfjnpvd23mizpa0pzpt33aj04 Lorenz Zahn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pIRibivolA&lc=z134htyhcnjtsxhcj22ovfpx5rrvv5pu1 QED https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pIRibivolA&lc=z12cjt3qhyqgvn0yv04cg5spiw33wbswdhg Rubbergnome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pIRibivolA&lc=z12cjt3qhyqgvn0yv04cg5spiw33wbswdhg.1484850841669162