WIRED has challenged origami artist and physicist Robert J. Lang to explain origami to 5 different people; a child, teen, a college student, a grad student and an expert.
00:00 – Intro
00:27 – Level 1 – Child
03:51 – Level 2 – Teen
06:59 – Level 3 – College Student
10:48 – Level 4 – Grad Student
15:19 – Level 5 – Expert
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Physicist Explains Origami in 5 Levels of Difficulty | WIRED
Jess_Marie_G
July 3, 2021 at 10:05 pm
As an only child for about 12 years, Origami was my jam in elementary school! Every time I went to the library, one of my goodies was inevitably an origami book because this was pre smart phones lol.
Later I worked at a school age childcare where I was the “cool” one when the Scholastic book fair rolled around since I could help the kids with their origami books.
Another time the 4th graders were working on compound words and one of our jokesters said Origami was a word. Really? Use it in a sentence. Kid: I like candy like chocolate bars origami bear! Fun times!
Onkel Pappkov
July 6, 2021 at 1:08 pm
Either the joke didn’t faze me origami good. Can’t decide which.
tanner wetzel
July 3, 2021 at 11:49 pm
holy balls i’m sorry but that kid was so annoying
HappyComfort
July 4, 2021 at 3:59 am
Very interesting and cool 😎 Thank you 😊
W.P. Ginfo
July 4, 2021 at 7:17 am
WOW! This was my first encounter with origami. As this video ‘unfolded’ [pun intended] it became very interesting indeed!
Thank you!
Siya
July 4, 2021 at 11:11 am
So I made Origami as a kid without knowing I was making Origami…. hmmm interesting
Mixolosopher
July 4, 2021 at 1:52 pm
Can you do a ‘5 Levels’ video on gender genetics? Maybe the people with elementary school-level learning that scream ‘IT’S SCIENCE!!’ when they claim gender is all down to having a Y-chromosome or not might learn something…
big wang
July 6, 2021 at 11:39 am
No
Treater
July 4, 2021 at 6:45 pm
Take the ami off of origami
Then swap g and I and say it out loud
Treater
July 4, 2021 at 6:52 pm
Who read wired as weird
Valen Gil Godoy
July 5, 2021 at 2:04 am
this is kinda cute, i love it
Pamela Zimnizzle
July 5, 2021 at 4:41 am
My mind is blown.
Abu Hanif
July 6, 2021 at 4:35 am
Origami Lover
July 6, 2021 at 7:32 am
Robert J Lang my origami hero
Sarthak Dadker
July 6, 2021 at 11:30 am
i though i was so cool and was doing something pretty complex the robert explains it to a teen
nazar En
July 6, 2021 at 12:46 pm
Круто 👍
nazar En
July 6, 2021 at 12:59 pm
Спминй почмтв аниме сирль призрк даспхах дстви дивса серий оригми що робтилх флжбеку нимгль оргми зробити
CZM Origami
July 6, 2021 at 10:16 pm
Representttt
Wombat
July 6, 2021 at 10:21 pm
“Jerry, get out of the booth, take off all your clothes, and fold yourself 12 times.”
monke man
July 7, 2021 at 12:51 am
i wish i could talk to robert lang
spirituality
July 7, 2021 at 4:24 am
I came to know about this by professor ft.moneyheist
Merstrand
July 7, 2021 at 5:11 am
Do stribg theori
Satsuki TheAnimeLover
July 7, 2021 at 9:38 am
Oh my god, the first child is so ADORABLE!!!
But daaaaang! That girl is thin, she’s literally the definition of Skins And Boons…..
Satsuki TheAnimeLover
July 7, 2021 at 9:42 am
And also, looks like my childhood liking has letting me into multiple complicated things….
Satsuki TheAnimeLover
July 7, 2021 at 9:51 am
This is literally one of the BEST youtube learning-material channel ever. Especially for a curious person like me!
Bullwhip_cade
July 7, 2021 at 7:20 pm
The fact i’m not even a teen and I’m pretty sure I’m grad student level
David Holaday
July 8, 2021 at 1:06 am
Great video! Needed a top-down view though.
Ben Schnose
July 8, 2021 at 7:44 pm
You lost me at Teen. Lol.
Jwcoolboy1
July 9, 2021 at 11:03 pm
Do actor!!!! ❤️
Ches Weinfeld
July 11, 2021 at 8:41 pm
Origami buildings?
amal thejus
July 13, 2021 at 11:20 am
So I’m dumber than an a Teenager
Jomari Varona
July 14, 2021 at 9:00 am
Is Robert Lang the father of Bulma in Dragon Ball? This must be the technology of Capsule corp.
Sayak Panja
July 15, 2021 at 3:07 pm
Meanwhile Transformers: Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power
Sica Panjesis
July 15, 2021 at 3:07 pm
Meanwhile Transformers: Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power
Екатерина Мартынова
July 15, 2021 at 4:43 pm
Thank you, this is one of the most interesting videos I’ve seen in a while
Lungfish23
July 16, 2021 at 4:24 pm
Waffles
Bad Cornflakes
July 20, 2021 at 8:06 pm
Origami, the pinnacle of geometry
Matthew Magda
July 22, 2021 at 6:54 pm
White people promoting Origami creeps me out like the ones who use “Namaste” as a casual greeting 🙁
Flowerpower
July 23, 2021 at 10:20 am
I don’t know what he’s talking about. I don’t think the college student does either.
Franklin Gomez
July 24, 2021 at 2:48 am
19:20 “Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.” ― Frank Herbert, Dune
D K
August 6, 2021 at 1:31 am
Just finished the first book. Amazing! Just ordered Messiah
Joao Manna
July 26, 2021 at 6:09 pm
You should do economists explain inflation in 5 levels
AceAttorneyinMC
July 27, 2021 at 11:12 pm
You should do an aerospace engineer or professor explaining aerodynamics using paper airplanes in 5 levels
Filiberto Rodano
July 28, 2021 at 2:22 pm
can we get Judith Butler here?
Proyecto Cultural
August 2, 2021 at 8:33 pm
Can you continue this series? Would love to see astrophysicists, biochemists / biotechnologists, epidemiologists (public health), paleontologists, geologists, archaeologists!
siriusthecat
August 3, 2021 at 8:09 pm
Is there any connection between origami and holography?
Lena Hayes
August 5, 2021 at 4:05 am
I love origami it calms me down and I always surprise myself by saying like wow I did that!?!?
Amandeep Singh
August 5, 2021 at 9:02 am
I am a child but I know some origami
D K
August 6, 2021 at 1:35 am
Always thought Origami was art, but it’s almost like a physical extension of fractals. Very cool how it relates to mathematics and engineering.
Ethanol 3310
August 6, 2021 at 3:53 am
If u like this video, buy his book, Origami Design Secrets. Excellent for design principles and awesome complex models
Ethanol3310
August 6, 2021 at 3:53 am
If u like this video, buy his book, Origami Design Secrets. Excellent for design principles and awesome complex models
Chandragupt Singh
August 6, 2021 at 4:08 pm
Or does it?
Ethan McCord
August 8, 2021 at 10:55 am
The expert: dude this thing is really cool
The other expert: yeah I know
nicole. starrr
August 8, 2021 at 4:44 pm
Can you do an environmentalist or someone who can talk about coal and the importance of nuclear energy
Agus Widhi
August 9, 2021 at 6:27 am
Art
MoonTrees
August 10, 2021 at 2:47 pm
Love this series and this episode is great ☺️
Dima Ghabbash
August 10, 2021 at 6:37 pm
that’s great
I am Mathematician and origami artist
could you advice me how to make a research for scholarship?
Joe Thach
August 11, 2021 at 4:09 am
Good
aisha ä
August 11, 2021 at 6:12 pm
i love this set up most! it’s very warm and relaxed
Gurunath Hirve
August 11, 2021 at 7:38 pm
It’s a good thing that you’ve started adding timestamps in description, but it’ll prove even better to add them as chapters. I don’t know whether YouTube supports addition of timestamps after uploading of video, but if it permits, please add chapters to all the previous videos. I’m sure it won’t take more than hour.
BTW, this series is AWESOME!!!!!! 😭🥰😭🥰❤️❤️🥰😭🥰❤️🥰😭❤️🥰
Savage Sicily
August 12, 2021 at 9:51 pm
PHILOSOPHY PLEASE
LQ Kim
August 13, 2021 at 12:53 am
Please do Chemist next!