Here is the puzzle I saw:

The answer is:

there are 40 squares in this 

photo.

I did not make this puzzle

and if you want to watch the video it was in it is called:

How To Solve "How Many Squares Are In This Picture" - Learn The Formula!

by: MindYourDecisions

This got me thinking, if we are trying to make as many squares as possible why don't we count the border of the square (square shaped border) and the inside of the border (also square shaped) separately to get more squares?

If I draw a square, I drew the border of a square to make a square, the border and the square inside are both squares. 

if we did this, we would get 56 squares. (not 64 because the inside of the middle 2 squares are not square shaped due to the 2 middle squares cutting through the inside of them).

When you draw a square, you draw the border of a square but a shape is not defined by a border. 

This red square has no drawn border, but it is

still a square.

a better example of what I'm saying would be, if I cut out a circle from a piece of paper it's still a circle even though there is no line or border on its edges, so if I drew the border of the circle, on the cut-out circle, I still drew a circle, so would there be 2 circles? I took one circle, then drew one onto of it (1+1=2). so, every time I draw a circle, I draw a border in the shape of a circle, and now there is also a circle inside of the circle shaped border. 

in conclusion, if when we "draw a circle" we draw a border that is circle shaped, then the border is what we drew so the border is the circle we "draw a circle" by drawing a circle shape that is the border. so, if the border is a circle, and a shape does not need a border, we drew 1 circle (the border) and created another (the circle inside the border)

if I draw a square on a blank piece of paper, I will draw 1 square and create another. 

so are there 2 types of every shape? or 2 parts?

in any space, there are always infinite possibilities of everything for what shape you could make in that space. 

for example,

I have a piece of paper. out of every circle possible to be drawn, I have every possibility of every circle that i can draw, to draw, before I pick one.

before the pencil touches the paper, I had infinite possibilities of what i could make. so, when i draw a circle, i have undoubtably outlined one of the infinite possibilities of circles on the page by drawing a circle. so, this would be the 1+1=2 there was always another circle. 

Following that, if there were infinite possibilities of circles on the paper, why did it stop after we drew the circles?

shouldn't the inside of the circle also have Infinite possibilities inside of it sense it is the same for "every surface"?

yes.

so... we drew 1 circle and created infinite circles?

No? yes?...  

why or why not?

[infinite circles inside, or no?]

- the circles were always there

-there are infinite circles

- we draw a circle

- the inside of the circle is also a circle, so we have 2 circles.

Why would this be true?

there are only 2 circles:

When we draw the circle, we do outline 1 of the infinite circles, but we only outline the 1, meaning there are only 2 circles that are visible. 

Why there are infinite circles:

that is true but the fact that the circles cannot be seen does not mean that they do not exist. If there are infinite circles on any surface than the circle that we drew and created is no exception. 

Debate time!!

2 circles vs. infinity  

                                           Go!

2c: there are only 2 circles because we can only see 2 circles. 

I: just because we don't see them doesn't mean they are not there.

2c: true but we can't use them.

i: Why not? you did, you used it to make 2 circles.

2c: because you can see the second one, humans cannot see infinity

i: but they know there is infinity

2c: yes, but if you look at an object you don't usually think of the possibility of infinite shapes on the object

i: that doesn't mean they are not there

2c: true, but they also don't exist.

i: infinity exists! you know it dose! that is the source of possibility and creation! the fact that there are infinite possibilities is the root of difference and freedom!

2c: true, but infinity is a concept.

i: no, its not, what about the numbers pie and e?

2c: Pie and e are both simplified to 3.14 and 2.71 because there cannot be used if you write them infinity. the fact is, we can't calculate or see infinity, yes it exists but we can't use what we don't know, and we cannot function and use true infinity. yes, it exists but true infinity is beyond human reach. if people could truly think of infinity, they would be thinking for infinity until they died. 

i: infinity exists

2c: yes, infinity exists, but true infinity cannot be used.

i: but you used it!

2c: I used the concept, not true infinity! like e or pie! it was simplified! I can't use true infinity I'm human! 

i: ok, so, true infinity cannot be used, and infinity is a concept, but does not exist in real life?

2c: yes.

I: so why don't I simplify it, sense you said that you can use simplified infinity. 5. let's go down to 5, why are there not 5 circles?

2c: because you cannot immediately see 5 circles. if you look at a circle you don't see 5 you usually see 1.

I: but you say there are 2 circles?

2c: yes

i: you don't immediately see 2 circles either. most, if not all, people only see 1. 

2c: that is a matter of perspective, if i draw 1 circle i drew 1 and created another.

i: if its a matter of perspective than i can see 5 circles after 1 draw 1 because if a border is a circle then there are also infinite borders, meaning i can layer in 5 circles easily. 

2c: but you can't show them! so they are not usable! you can at least see 2!

i: Every person is different! who's to say I don't see 5 circles every time i draw 1!? what about people with bad eyesight!? some of them might see 5!

2c: that doesn't mean it's there! 

i: that's a matter of perspective and most people's perspective says that there is 1 circle! not 2! You said it yourself! no one sees a shape and thinks of the infinite possibilities within that shape, so no one is going to look at a piece of paper, draw a circle and go "ha-ha! look at that! I outlined one of the infinite possibilities of circles and now I have 2!" It's ridiculous!

2c: but you can see the second one!

I: no one but you sees a second one! that's your perspective! everyone else says there is 1! just the 1!