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The REAL Answer To The Viral Chinese Math Problem “How Old Is The Captain?”
Media outlets around the world went crazy over a 5th grade math exam question in China. But they all missed the real story! The problem actually dates back to French researchers in 1979. In this video I present the real … Continue reading
Easy Percentage Trick you were Never Taught at School!
This percentage trick is so easy – but you probably don’t know it…because, let’s face it, you were not paying attention in school when the teacher told you! That’s OK – youtube and tecmath has your back – with this, … Continue reading
DNA Evidence That Humans & Chimps Share A Common Ancestor: Endogenous Retroviruses
Here we explore the amazing discovery of Endogenous Retroviruses (ERVs) in our own DNA. These are genetic remnants of antient virus infections suffered by our ancestors. It turns out that many of our Endogenous Retroviruses are shared by chimpanzees. This … Continue reading
The Bayesian Trap
I didn’t say it explicitly in the video, but in my view the Bayesian trap is interpreting events that happen repeatedly as events that happen inevitably. They may be inevitable OR they may simply be the outcome of a series … Continue reading
Quantum Physics and Universal Beauty – with Frank Wilczek
How simple questions inspired Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek’s groundbreaking work in quantum physics. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Frank’s book “A Beautiful Question: Finding Nature’s Deep Design” is available to purchase now – https://geni.us/Cz75S63 Nobel laureate, Frank Wilczek’s groundbreaking … Continue reading
3 Paradoxes That Gave Us Calculus
[…] *Creator* Jade Tan-Holmes *Script* Thank you to script writer Simon Morrow for your work on this video. simonmorrow.com *Animations* Tom Groenestyn *Music* https://www.epidemicsound.com/ *Sources/Further Reading* The History of Zeno’s Arguments on Motion: Phases in the Development of the Theory … Continue reading
The Ridiculous Way We Used To Calculate Pi
For thousands of years, mathematicians were calculating Pi the obvious but numerically inefficient way. Then Newton came along and changed the game. This video is sponsored by Brilliant. The first 314 people to sign up via https://brilliant.org/veritasium get 20% off … Continue reading
The Sleeping Beauty Problem
This famous puzzle illuminates a deep controversy over what we mean by “probability,” and how to reason when observer selection effects are in play.
The ultimate algorithm
There must be millions of people who have heard of the Tower of Hanoi puzzle and the simple algorithm that generates the simplest solution. But what happens when you are playing the game not with three pegs, as in the … Continue reading
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