2007-10-20 13:43:22 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
I accept it but I'm still curious about why it's impossible. I'd like a scientific explanation.
2007-10-20 13:51:30 · update #1
A piece of paper can indeed be folded more than 7 times....A show called mythbusters did it using a very large piece of paper ( the size of an airplane hangar) and got 10 or 11 folds.
2007-10-20 13:51:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is a religious story that has evolved through time. The more it is told the more versions you have to record. The key here is the story of creation when the world was flat. Remember back in the days of Columbus? The only shape that can be formed from a square is a triangle. It was Gods way of creation. Each fold ended a given task till all the triangles ended on the seventth fold and it was time to rest.
2007-10-20 15:11:47 · answer #2 · answered by blueridgemotors 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because when you fold something, you don't give the seam any space... and the more you fold, the more space the seam needs, until it gets to a point that you can't fold it down anymore because the paper will not bend. Once you get to the limit, the paper becomes almost board hard, making it very difficult to fold without breaking.
Perhaps if you used very very thin paper (and a rather large piece) you could fold it more than 7 times.
2007-10-20 13:50:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure I read somewhere that you can fold up to 8 times with a very large thin sheet of paper.
Have just found a reference to 12 folds, but don't know whether the paper was square or not.
2007-10-20 13:56:32 · answer #4 · answered by blackgrumpycat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
on myth busters they busted this myth by using a piece of paper the size of a gym floor. it took the whole crew all day but they got like 20 or 21 folds. with small pieces of paper it cant be done because of how the size of the fold grows.
2007-10-20 13:55:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are a few reasons.
A. The paper folded gets too thick to be folded anymore.
B. The human race isn't strong enough to fold it.
C. The paper gets too small.
2007-10-20 13:50:46 · answer #6 · answered by depressed_blue_sky 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Mythbusters did an episode on it and proved it false after going through extraordinary ends. Their paper was the size of a huge room and so thin it could tear at a moments notice.
2016-05-23 22:49:13 · answer #7 · answered by kassandra 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I lose interest after about 5 folds.....
2007-10-20 13:49:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
This is just for paper of conventional dimensions. It just gets thicker that its width, so you run out of room to bend.
2007-10-20 14:32:51 · answer #9 · answered by Dr. R 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because it just physically can't - don't you ever accept long standing facts.
2007-10-20 13:46:59 · answer #10 · answered by wendy k 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋