Mar 092021
Kurzgesagt finally answers the age-old question: what happens if Midas turns the Earth to gold? There are three answers, and none of them are good.
Yes, Midas is mythology, based on magic. And magic, much as some people argue otherwise, doesn’t seem to exist, so hypotheticals based on magic are pointless. And yet… not. Thinking through magical scenarios by applying known physics can be a good way to teach physics… AND it makes for much better storytelling than just saying “and then magic happens” and not figuring out the ramifications.