Summer of Math Exposition

Presented by 3Blue1Brown 3blue1brown

Ploophi vs. Sets (Full Video)

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Tags: set-theory

A Playful stick-figure animation where Ploophi confronts a mysterious bouncing balloon - revealing a surprising take on Set Theory. This is the entry for the Summer of Math Exposition 4 #some4 which is created by the 3Blue1Brown #3blue1brown Inspired by Animation vs. Math By Alan Becker, this is a visual math story told entirely through expressive animation


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4.13 Overall score*
149 Rank
10 Votes
5 Comments

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8

It may not have an audio explaining set theory but the art speaks for itself. I like your style Ploophi.

4.3

A lot of content is packed into a short duration

1.5

I’m going to have to be hard on this one, because even though it’s a nice, charming animation, I don’t think it has much in terms of explanatory value: if I didn’t already know these set theory concepts I doubt I would be able to parse what was going on in any meaningful way. There are also some things in the animation which are sort of mathematically inconsistent and could actually cause confusion - which is likely a function of the fact that there isn’t really an explanation given in the animation.

Basically, if I’m rating just based on the text here, I think it would be a 1, just because it’s not the kind of thing this competition is actually about. I’m bumping up half a point because I do think there’s charm here which could get someone interested to learn more about the topic from a different source, and also because I want it to be clear that I don’t dislike the video, I just don’t think it’s what this is about: basically, you’re on the upper end of what I think I could rate this category of video.

I hope you have a nice rest of your day

7.4

This was a super cool and creative video. I love the animation. I wasn’t able to follow all the ideas because I’m not quite familiar with the topic, but I was able to appreciate the novelty and coolness of it all. Keep up creating videos like this.

5.3

This was a lot of fun :) Very well done