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1:03:07Clutching at Random Straws, Matt Parker | LMS Popular Lectures 2010
601K views • 12 years ago
London Mathematical Society
Matt Parker's LMS popular lecture on how seemingly incredible results can be meaningless random patterns. He ranges from ancient Woolworths civilisations to shoelaces and DNA.
1:36:572. Behavioral Evolution
7.8M views • 15 years ago
Stanford
Stanford biologist Robert Sapolsky lectures on the evolution of behavior, including the Prisoner's Dilemma and tit-for-tat strategies in animals. It is part of his Human Behavioral Biology course.
Topic match · Probability & game theory
1:11:48Math Encounters -- Five Balls, Two Hands: The Patterns of Juggling -- Colin Wright (Presentation)
33K views • 14 years ago
National Museum of Mathematics
Mathematician Colin Wright demonstrates juggling and explains the mathematics of juggling patterns, including notation that led to new throwing patterns. It is a public presentation at the Museum of Mathematics aimed at a general audience.
Topic match · Probability & game theory
46:29Lecture 1: Probability and Counting | Statistics 110
1.8M views • 13 years ago
Harvard University
Lecture 1 of Harvard's Statistics 110 with Joe Blitzstein, introducing sample spaces, the naive definition of probability, counting, binomial coefficients and the sampling table.
Topic match · Probability & game theory
5:15Jordan Peterson - Pareto Distributions
246K views • 9 years ago
Bite-sized Philosophy
A short clip of Jordan Peterson explaining Pareto distributions, using Soviet farm collectivization and the resulting famine as context. It also covers how outcomes concentrate in a few people.
Topic match · Probability & game theory