Math and numbers can be scary, but some numbers are more scary than others to a lot of people.

數學和數字是很可怕的，但對很多人來說，有些數字比其他數字更可怕。

Recently, I got kind of bored and decided to look into creating a single number or sequence of numbers that the most people around the world would be uncomfortable with.

最近，我有點無聊，決定研究創造一個全世界大多數人都不喜歡的單一數字或數字序列。

Or just not like.

或者就是不喜歡。

Different cultures around the world considered different numbers to be terrifying for different reasons.

世界上不同的文化由於不同的原因，認為不同的數字是可怕的。

So whatever frighteningly unlucky number we create needs to be maximized on cultural fears.

所以，無論我們創造什麼可怕的不吉利的數字，都需要在文化恐懼上得到最大限度的發揮。

Across the world, 13 is a spooky number in the West.

在世界範圍內，13在西方是一個詭異的數字。

17 is scary in Italy, for is frightening.

17在意大利是可怕的，因為是可怕的。

Across East Asia, 39 is terrifying in Afghanistan, and 666 is spooky pretty much across the world.

在整個東亞地區，39號在阿富汗很恐怖，666號在全世界幾乎都很詭異。

So the number that you saw in the thumbnail of this video is based on all of these ones.

所以，你在這個視頻的縮略圖中看到的數字是基於所有這些的。

But the big question is, why are these numbers considered abjectly terrifying to some but are completely harmless to others?

但最大的問題是，為什麼這些數字在一些人看來赤裸裸的可怕，但在另一些人看來卻完全無害？

What makes the most cursed number sequence in the world so well cursed.

是什麼讓這個世界上最詛咒的數字序列如此好詛咒。

Let's begin with four and continue up from there in numerical order.

讓我們從4開始，按數字順序繼續向上。

Four is a number that strikes terror in the hearts of many across China, Korea, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore.

四是一個讓中國、韓國、日本、馬來西亞和新加坡等地許多人心中感到恐怖的數字。

The reason why is fairly simple, but you have to understand the Chinese, Korean and Japanese languages in order to really get it in Mandarin Chinese.

原因相當簡單，但要想真正用國語搞定，必須要懂中、韓、日三國語言。

The word for the number four is so, uh, the word for the concept of dead or death is almost identically pronounced as so.

數字四的字是如此，呃，死或死亡的概念的字幾乎完全相同的發音是如此。

And so it's very easy while speaking Chinese to accidentally speak the phrase death while you're attempting to speak the number four.

所以在說中文的時候，很容易在嘗試說數字四的時候，不小心說出死亡這個詞。

The taboo is present in both Malaysia and Singapore as well, because of the modern, large Chinese populations in both countries, and the reason is the same in both the Korean and Japanese languages as well, for both words, sounding almost identical or, at the very least, highly similar.

馬來西亞和新加坡也都有這個禁忌，因為這兩個國家的現代華人人口眾多，原因在韓語和日語中也是一樣的，因為這兩個詞，聽起來幾乎是一樣的，至少是高度相似的。

So because of this, the number four has been fairly taboo in Chinese and East Asian culture for centuries now, mentioning the number four around a sick relative or in a hospital is particularly avoided.

所以，正因為如此，在中國和東亞文化中，數字四是相當忌諱的，幾百年來，在生病的親戚身邊或在醫院裡提到數字四都是特別避免的。

Gifts in groups of four are sometimes unwelcome elevators in apartment buildings will often skip the fourth floor and go directly from floor 3 to 45 In Hong Kong, Some apartment buildings skip all the floors from 40 to 49 in order to skip all of the forties.

四人一組的禮物有時是不受歡迎的公寓樓的電梯往往會跳過四樓，直接從三樓到四十五樓在香港，有些公寓樓為了跳過四十樓的所有樓層，會跳過四十樓的所有樓層。

Although this is more likely to advertise a building with a higher floor count than from any fears of the supernatural.

雖然這更有可能是為了宣傳一棟樓層數較高的建築，而不是出於對超自然現象的恐懼。

In Cantonese, Chinese 14 and 24 are often considered to be even worse than the base four.

在粵語中，漢語14和24往往被認為比基數四還差。

Because translated 14 sounds, Mork into will certainly die.

因為翻譯成14音，莫克成必死無疑。

While 24 sounds more like easy to die in many Chinese neighborhoods, there is a noticeable real estate price drop on properties with the number four at the beginning or the end of their addresses.

雖然24聽起來在很多中國社區更像是容易死，但地址開頭或結尾數字為4的房產，房地產價格卻有明顯的下降。

Neighborhoods have removed four from their street names and become more profitable as a result.

街坊們把街名中的四個字去掉了，並是以獲得了更多的利潤。

But perhaps the most extreme example for fear of the number four in Chinese culture comes from the 2008 Olympic Games that were hosted in Beijing eight years previously.

但在中國文化中，對於數字四的恐懼，最極端的例子可能來自於8年前在北京舉辦的2008年奧運會。

In 2000, Beijing bid to host the Games then and lost, but they declined to apply to host the next games in 2004, and opted instead to wait around to apply again in 2000 and eight.

2000年，北京申辦當時的奧運會並落選，但他們拒絕申請在2004年舉辦下一屆奧運會，而是選擇了四處等待，在2000年和8年再次申請。

Part of the speculation for why they did this was out of the cultural fear and apprehension surrounding the number four inside of China.

他們之所以這樣做，部分猜測是出於中國內部對數字4的文化恐懼和憂慮。

But of course, there's other numbers that are equally feared in other parts of the world as well.

不過，當然，在世界其他地方也有同樣令人恐懼的其他數字。

Let's move on to 13, which is generally more feared in the Western world, and particularly in Anglo Saxon or English speaking countries.

我們接著說13，西方世界一般比較怕這個，尤其是在盎格魯撒克遜或英語國家。

There's a lot of theories for how 13 came to be so infamous in the West, like the Judas Theory, which suggests that the disciple Judas was the last man to sit with Christ at the Last Supper, therefore being the 13th member at the table and the one who ultimately betrayed Jesus to the Romans on Friday, the 13th in October of 13 07 King Philip, the Fourth of France, infamously ordered the arrest of the Knights Templar.

13在西方有很多理論，比如猶大理論，認為門徒猶大是最後一個和基督一起坐在最後的晚餐上的人，是以是餐桌上的第13個成員，也是最終將耶穌出賣給羅馬人的人，在13 07年10月13日星期五，法國第四王菲利普臭名昭著地下令逮捕聖殿騎士團。

So, for whatever reason, the number 13 and especially Friday the 13th is considered so unfortunate in the West that an estimated 17 to 21 million Americans suffer from legitimate fears about the date.

所以，不管出於什麼原因，13這個數字，尤其是13號星期五在西方被認為是如此不幸，估計有1700萬到2100萬美國人對這個日子有合理的恐懼。

But before you denounce these millions of Americans for believing in pure superstition.

但在你譴責這幾百萬美國人相信純粹的迷信之前。

Consider the events surrounding Apollo 13, the third manned mission to the moon.

考慮一下圍繞阿波羅13號的事件，即第三次載人登月任務。

It was launched on April 11th, 1970 at 13 13 and two days later on April the 13th suffered a catastrophic oxygen tank explosion on board that forced the mission to abort and returned back to Earth.

它於1970年4月11日13時13分發射，兩天後的4月13日在機上遭遇了災難性的氧氣瓶爆炸，任務被迫中止並返回地球。

But 13 isn't the only number in the teens with a lot of infamy.

但13並不是青少年中唯一一個名聲大噪的數字。

There's also 17, which is primarily feared in Italy.

還有17，主要是怕意大利。

There's a long history of hatred for the number 17 here in ancient times.

在古代，這裡對17這個數字的仇恨由來已久。

The followers of Pythagoras in southern Italy hated the number because it was located right between 16 and 18, perfect representations of four by four and three by six quarter laterals.

意大利南部的畢達哥拉斯的追隨者討厭這個數字，因為它正好位於16和18之間，是4乘4和3乘6四分之一橫向的完美表示。

Pythagoras followers also supposedly murdered a guy for showing the world that the square root of two was an irrational number.

畢達哥拉斯的追隨者據說還謀殺了一個人，因為他向世界展示了2的平方根是一個無理數。

But back to more about 17.

但回到更多關於17。

In the Old Testament of the Bible, it is recorded that the universal flood that swept the world began on the 17th day of the second month.

在《聖經》舊約中，記載了席捲世界的普遍性洪水始於第二個月的第十七日。

The term Vixie Latin for I lived was a common inscription on tombstones of the deceased.

維西拉丁語中的 "我住 "一詞是死者墓碑上常見的銘文。

However V I X I is also an anagram for X V II, which is 17 in Roman numerals, which led to an association of the number with the dead at the Battle of Teutenberg Forest in the year nine CEO, the German tribes annihilated the Roman 17th, 18th and 19th legions.

然而V I X I也是X V II的異體字，在羅馬數字中是17，這就導致了這個數字與死者的聯繫，在九CEO年的特騰堡森林戰役中，德意志部落殲滅了羅馬17、18、19軍團。

From then on 17 was never used by the Romans again to ever denote another legion.

從此，17再也沒有被羅馬人用來表示另一個軍團。

Friday, the 17th is often considered mawr unlucky in Italy than the 13th, and there are some Alitalia flights which have removed the 17th row of seats onboard their planes.

週五，17日在意大利通常被認為是比13日更不吉利的日子，有一些意大利航空公司的班機已經取消了飛機上的第17排座位。

Moving up in the curse numbers, we arrive on 39 which is particularly seen as bad luck in Afghanistan without clear origins for why 39 has somehow become lodged in the popular Afghan imagination as a symbol of pimping and prostitution.

在詛咒數字的基礎上，我們來到了39號，它在阿富汗被認為是特別不吉利的，但卻沒有明確的起源，為什麼39號會在阿富汗人的想象中成為拉皮條和賣淫的象徵。

It said to have initially become infamous as a result of a well known pimp in the city of Herat who became known as 39 because of the registration number on his expensive car and the address of his apartment in the Pashtun language, saying the number 39 is also similar.

據說，最初之所以聲名狼藉，是因為赫拉特市的一個知名皮條客，因為他昂貴的汽車上的登記號碼和他的公寓地址在普什圖語中被稱為39，說39這個數字也很相似。

Sounding two dead cow, which is a well known slang term in the country for a pimp.

聽起來兩頭死牛，這在國內是一個很有名的俚語，指的是老鴇。

Whatever the origins, 39 is such a problem in the country that vehicles bearing the number in their registration plates are so massively undesirable that they're almost impossible to sell.

不管是什麼來歷，39在國內都是一個問題，以至於車牌上印有這個數字的車輛都非常不受歡迎，幾乎賣不出去。

2011 was a particularly problematic year because after the Persian New Year in March, according to the Iranian calendar, the year was now 13 90.

2011年是一個特別有問題的年份，因為在3月份的波斯新年之後，按照伊朗的歷法，現在是13 90年。

So the Afghan government began issuing registration plates, beginning with 39.

於是阿富汗政府開始發放登記牌，從39號開始。

And as a result, many drivers simply just refused to register their vehicles that year and risk financial penalties rather than risk the stigma of driving around in a vehicle with 39 on it.

而結果是，很多司機乾脆拒絕當年的車輛登記，冒著經濟處罰的風險，也不願冒著開著39號車到處跑的恥辱。

During the 2010 Afghan parliamentary elections, one candidate had the misfortune of being listed 39th on the ballot and upon being harassed about it in the streets, had his guards opened fire into the crowd, which killed two people.

在2010年阿富汗議會選舉期間，一名候選人不幸被列入選票第39位，在街頭受到騷擾後，他的警衛向人群開火，造成兩人死亡。

But the next and final big cursed number is, of course, 666 666 The devil's number, supposedly the number's infamy originates in the Bible Book of Revelations, Chapter 13, Verse 18, which states in the King James version of the Bible.

但下一個也是最後一個被詛咒的大數字當然是666 666這個魔鬼的數字，據說這個數字的惡名源於《聖經啟示錄》第13章18節，在《聖經》詹姆士王版中寫道。

Here is wisdom.

這就是智慧。

Let him that hath understanding.

讓那些有理解力的人。

Count the number of the beast Threat is the number of a man, and his number is 666 Much has been made about this phrase throughout history, with many people associating the number with the devil or the anti Christ.

數獸的數目 威脅是一個人的數目，他的數目是666 歷史上關於這句話的說法很多，很多人把這個數目與魔鬼或反基督聯繫在一起。

A good competitors from my most cursed number is another number that was created by mathematician Harvey Dubner, which reads as 100000000000006660000000000000 one The number is known as belphegor is prime and contains numerous superstitious elements.

從我最被詛咒的數字的一個很好的競爭對手是另一個數字，是由數學家哈維-杜布納創建的，這讀作100000000000006660000000000000一這個數字被稱為belphegor是質數，幷包含許多迷信的元素。

The number 666 at the heart of the prime is, of course, the well known symbol of the beast.

當然，質心的666這個數字是眾所周知的獸的象徵。

The number is then surrounded on either side by 13 zeros, and it's all 31 total digits in length, which reads as 13 backwards.

然後，這個數字的兩邊被13個0包圍，它的總長度都是31位，讀作13位倒數。

Other numbers may be considered scary to different countries and peoples as well.

其他的數字對不同的國家和民族來說也可能被認為是可怕的。

In China, the numbers 89 6 and four are each band search terms on Chinese search engines because of the date 1989 0604 the date of the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing.

在中國，數字89 6和4是中文搜索引擎上的各帶搜索詞，因為日期1989 0604是北京天安門廣場大屠殺的日期。

With all of these numbers and they're in phonies, now explained, let's then create the most cursed number with the most widespread hate and censorship across the world.

有了這些數字，而且他們是以假亂真，現在解釋一下，那麼我們就來創造一個全世界最廣泛的仇恨和審查的最詛咒的數字。

In my opinion, I think this number sequence has to be 89 64 13, 17, 39 666 and four again, maybe followed up by the square root of two, just for good measure for the path Agrarians and their Ugo.

在我看來，我認為這個數字序列必須是89 64 13，17，39 666，再加上4，也許後面還要加上2的平方根，只是為了做好路農和他們的烏戈。

But numbers don't have to be so frightening.

但數字不一定要那麼可怕。

Numbers and mathematics in general can be intimidating and seem like too much to handle.

一般來說，數字和數學會讓人望而生畏，似乎難以應付。

Believe me, I know.

相信我，我知道。

But brilliant can seriously help you out.

但輝煌可以認真幫你解決。

When I was still in school, I struggled a lot with every stem subject because it was difficult for me to pay attention in class or to understand what my teachers were trying to tell me.

當我還在上學的時候，我對每一門乾貨科目都很苦惱，因為我很難在課堂上專心聽講，也很難理解老師想告訴我的東西。

But brilliant continues, tell me, understand MAWR complicated subjects than I ever could have imagined back then.

但輝煌繼續，告訴我，理解MAWR複雜的主題，比我當年想象的還要複雜。

Even if you're an absolute beginner, you can start out with classes like mathematical fundamentals or pre algebra, and build your knowledge base up from their tomb or advanced subjects later.

即使你是絕對的初學者，你也可以從數學基礎或預代數等課程開始，以後再從他們的墳墓或高級科目開始建立你的知識基礎。

Like three D geometry or calculus, Brilliant breaks down complicated subjects like these into easy to follow bite sized chunks that will engage you with interactive challenges, clear steps, storytelling and problems to solve.

就像三D幾何或微積分一樣，Brilliant將這些複雜的科目分解成簡單易懂的小塊，用互動挑戰、清晰的步驟、故事和問題解決來吸引你。

And if learning about pure math isn't really your thing, then you can still learn how to do a whole bunch of other things, like how to build a solar panel, how to build a neural network, or even just getting started with coding or computer science.

如果學習純數學並不是你的菜，那麼你還可以學習如何做一大堆其他的事情，比如如何建造一個太陽能電池板，如何構建一個神經網絡，甚至只是開始學習編碼或計算機科學。

You can even do all of this on the go in small chunks with their mobile app.

你甚至可以通過他們的手機應用在旅途中小塊地完成所有這些工作。

Or, if you're tight for time, you can complete their daily challenges to learn a little bit new every day in your small, free moments, whatever stem subject you're interested in or maybe struggling with.

或者，如果你的時間很緊，你也可以完成他們的日常挑戰，每天在小的、空閒的時刻學習一點新的知識，無論你對什麼干係的題目感興趣，或許正在苦惱。

And regardless of your experience level, there's something for you on brilliant.

無論你的經驗水準如何，在輝煌上都有適合你的東西。

So please be sure to go check them out and sign up for free.

所以請大家一定要去看看他們，免費註冊。