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17:16Eigenvectors and eigenvalues | Chapter 14, Essence of linear algebra
6.4M views • 10 years ago
3Blue1Brown
3Blue1Brown's chapter on eigenvectors and eigenvalues in the Essence of Linear Algebra series. It builds a visual intuition for what they mean, why an eigenbasis is useful, and ends with a puzzle.
11:48John Rauser keynote: "Statistics Without the Agonizing Pain" -- Strata + Hadoop 2014
61K views • 12 years ago
O'Reilly
John Rauser's Strata 2014 keynote argues that programmers can learn statistics quickly by simulating random processes and shuffling data. He explains p-values through resampling rather than formulas.
12:22Is Most Published Research Wrong?
6.2M views • 10 years ago
Veritasium
Veritasium explains why a large share of published research findings may be false, covering p-values, p-hacking, publication bias and low replication rates. It draws on John Ioannidis's well-known paper and describes reforms such as preregistration.
9:36Dance p 3 Mar09
83K views • 17 years ago
Geoff Cumming
Geoff Cumming uses a simulation to show how wildly the p value varies from one replication to the next because of sampling variability. He argues for estimation and confidence intervals over null hypothesis significance testing.
19:31How Will You Measure Your Life? Clay Christensen at TEDxBoston
1.3M views • 14 years ago
TEDx Talks
Clayton Christensen's TEDx talk applying business theory to personal life. He argues that career success is not the right measure of a life and urges attention to relationships and values.
14:21Liberal Hypocrisy is Fueling American Inequality. Here’s How. | NYT Opinion
11.8M views • 4 years ago
New York Times Opinion
NYT Opinion video essay arguing that Democrat-controlled states like California, New York and Illinois often fall short of their egalitarian values. It focuses on housing costs, homelessness, regressive taxes and school segregation as drivers of inequality.
19:14Jonathan Haidt: The moral roots of liberals and conservatives
739K views • 18 years ago
TED
Psychologist Jonathan Haidt presents his moral foundations research in a TED talk. He argues that liberals and conservatives weigh a different set of moral values, which helps explain political divides.
8:16Why Asimov's Laws of Robotics Don't Work - Computerphile
873K views • 11 years ago
Computerphile
Rob Miles explains for Computerphile why simple rule sets like Asimov's Three Laws cannot make robots and AI safe. Terms like harm and human are too ambiguous to specify precisely.
13:26Cicret Bracelet DEBUNK
12.2M views • 10 years ago
Captain Disillusion
Captain Disillusion debunks the Cicret Bracelet, a crowdfunded wearable that claimed to project a touchscreen onto the wrist. He looks at the concept, design, execution and fundraising.