Folding a paper as many times as possible

yeah, this one is old. "The MythBusters team successfully folded a giant sheet of paper 11 times, thus debunking the myth that paper can only be folded in half a maximum of seven times. They used a large piece of paper, a steamroller, and a forklift to achieve this feat. While they managed 11 folds, they acknowledged that the process became increasingly difficult after seven folds."

Mythbusters got to 8 also right?

You can only fold paper like 7 times or something

Physics may limit it, but imagination has no limits!

Am I really watching a video on pressed paper? And I like it?

It’s oddly satisfying. Like my brain shouldn’t care, but it does

you can get to 12 if you really want it

The confusing part of the paper folding problem is that the thickness is doubling with each fold. Fold 1 = 2 sheets thick. Fold 2 = 4 sheets thick. At fold 12 you get 4,096 sheets thick. At 20lb weight paper, that's 1 foot 3 inches thick.

1 paper vs 2^8 piece of paper—although the same material, the structural resistance to pressure has changed. So it is a tropical structure change for that machine. Which proves that quantitive change results material change.

Amazing