Zero Does Not Exist! | Young Sheldon

Added: 2026-05-30

[00:00:00]And if you add negative 1 and positive 1, you get zero.

[00:00:06]>> Correct.

[00:00:07]>> I think I understand.

[00:00:08]>> Good. One question. How can you have zero if zero is nothing?

[00:00:13]>> It's not something that you have. Zero represents a state of nothingness.

[00:00:19]>> What does that mean?

[00:00:20]>> It's nothingness. The absence of somethingness.

[00:00:24]Trust me, zero is a thing. But you just said it's a nothing.

[00:00:28]I did. Which is it? A something or a nothing?

[00:00:36]>> We have a problem.

[00:00:38]>> What?

[00:00:38]>> Zero might not exist.

[00:00:41]>> Of course, zero exists.

[00:00:43]>> Great. Then explain it to me.

[00:00:45]>> Easy. Zero is nothing.

[00:00:47]>> But how can nothing be a thing?

[00:00:50]>> Think of it this way. Picture an empty box.

[00:00:54]>> All right.

[00:00:55]>> What's in the box? Nothing. It's not nothing. Air, atoms, molecules. That empty box is as full as full can be.

[00:01:03]>> Regardless, zero is very important.

[00:01:07]>> I'm not saying it isn't important. I'm just saying the little round guy ain't real.

[00:01:11]>> You're being silly. Zero is a number like every other number.

[00:01:16]>> Oh, yeah. Can you divide with it?

[00:01:19]>> Well, no. In fact, the Greek philosopher Permanity said nothing cannot exist because to speak of something is to speak of something that exists.

[00:01:30]>> Well, I suppose you could look at it that way.

[00:01:33]>> Dr. Sturgis, zero isn't real.

[00:01:39]>> I feel dizzy.

[00:01:41]>> Dr. Linkletter, there's no such thing as zero.

[00:01:44]>> That's preposterous. Of course there is.

[00:01:46]>> Prove it, tough guy.

[00:01:52]Uhoh.

[00:01:57]>> May I have that >> over here?

[00:02:06]>> I'm afraid I have some bad news. If you mean I'm going to be left back, it's okay. You tried.

[00:02:11]>> No. Well, maybe. I have bad news about Zero. It doesn't exist.

[00:02:17]>> So, I was right. No one is more shocked than I am. I can't help you with your test. Without zero, I don't even know what math is anymore.

[00:02:25]>> Huh?

[00:02:26]>> Yeah.

[00:02:28]What if we just pretend it exists?

[00:02:31]>> Are you saying to accept zero as an act of faith?

[00:02:34]>> Was I?

[00:02:35]>> I think so.

[00:02:37]>> Okay.

[00:02:38]>> My mom accepts God as an act of faith, and zero is way more useful than God.

[00:02:42]>> Do not say that around, Pastor Jeff.

[00:02:44]>> Think about it. Without zero, we wouldn't have calculus. Well, of God, we wouldn't have Spanish Inquisition.

[00:02:49]>> I know the Spanish word for fajita.

[00:02:51]>> And don't forget, before the Big Bang, there was actually nothing. It's fajita.

[00:02:55]>> So, you could say the entire universe was born out of zero. Meaning that Zero created the universe, not God. Maybe we should pray to it. I think we should.

[00:03:07]Zero. It's me, Sheldon. I know I doubted you, but in my defense, you're literally nothing. I would like to thank you for all the gifts you've given us. The null set, Fibonacci sequence, binary language. I could go on add infin item, but not without you. Ask Zero to help me pass my test. Zero is not magic. You still have to study.

[00:03:26]>> Oh, and I'm going back to Jesus. Jesus, please help me. I'm already the biggest kid in sixth grade.

[00:03:34]>> Amen. Amen.