What's the Opposite of the Number 2?

Do numbers have antonyms? In this episode, we’ll take a mathematical (and philosophical) journey through different sorts of opposites and inverses.
0:00 - A Philosophical Look at Opposites
3:46 - Identity Elements vs. Absorbing Elements
6:30 - Additive Inverses vs. Multiplicative Inverses
8:53 - Exponential Inverses vs. Exponential Inverses
10:19 - Left Identities vs. Right Identities
12:19 - Why Addition and Multiplication Are So Important
14:35 - Concluding Philosophies, Flames, and Gratitude

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In case anybody searches any of these terms to learn about them, some topics in this video include: the number 2 / two, the "real numbers", antonyms, opposites, reciprocals, additive vs. multiplicative inverses, multiple types of exponential inverses, negatives, fractions, identity elements, absorbing elements, fire, clocks, whiteboards, squirrels, and other assorted mathematics and philosophy and nature.

This episode was directed/edited/soundtracked by me (Domotro) and was filmed by Carlo Trappenberg (apart from the scene near the end with the upside-down pumpkin which was filmed by Max Chervin).

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