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Stuff happens. The weather forecast says it’s sunny, but you just got drenched. You got a flu shot—but you’re sick in bed with the flu. Your best friend from Boston met your other best friend from San Francisco. Coincidentally. What are the odds? Risk, probability, chance, coincidence—they play a significant role in the way we make decisions about health, education, relationships, and money. But where does this data come from and what does it really mean? How does the brain find patterns and where can these patterns take us? When should we ditch the data and go with our gut? Join us in a captivating discussion that will demystify the chancy side of life. This program is part of the Big Ideas Series, made possible with support from the John Templeton Foundation.Learn More
TOPICS: Mind & Brain, Physics & Math
TAGS: 2011, Amir Aczel, demystify chance, ditch the data and go with our gut, full program, Gerd Gigerenzer, Josh Tenenbaum, Leonard Mlodinow, Marcus du Sautoy, Monty Hall problem, New York, New York City, NYC, Risk Probability and Chance, science of odds, science of probability, science of risk, The Illusion of Certainty, VerizonMath, VerizonMath Original Recording, What are the odds, What is the birthday problem
PLAYLISTS: Big Ideas, Physics & Mathematics
Video Duration: 01:28:02
Original Program Date: Thursday, June 2, 2011
Stuff happens. The weather forecast says it’s sunny, but you just got drenched. You got a flu shot—but you’re sick in bed with the flu. Your best friend from Boston met your other best friend from San Francisco. Coincidentally. What are the odds? Risk, probability, chance, coincidence—they play a significant role in the way we make decisions about health, education, relationships, and money. But where does this data come from and what does it really mean? How does the brain find patterns and where can these patterns take us? When should we ditch the data and go with our gut? Join us in a captivating discussion that will demystify the chancy side of life. This program is part of the Big Ideas Series, made possible with support from the John Templeton Foundation.Learn More
TOPICS: Art & Science, Biology & Origins of Life, Earth & Environment, Mind & Brain, Physics & Math, Science in Society, Science Unplugged, Space & The Cosmos, Technology & Engineering, Your Daily Equation, Youth & Education
TAGS: 2011, Amir Aczel, demystify chance, ditch the data and go with our gut, full program, Gerd Gigerenzer, Josh Tenenbaum, Leonard Mlodinow, Marcus du Sautoy, Monty Hall problem, New York, New York City, NYC, Risk Probability and Chance, science of odds, science of probability, science of risk, The Illusion of Certainty, VerizonMath, VerizonMath Original Recording, What are the odds, What is the birthday problem, 2011, Amir Aczel, demystify chance, ditch the data and go with our gut, full program, Gerd Gigerenzer, Josh Tenenbaum, Leonard Mlodinow, Marcus du Sautoy, Monty Hall problem, New York, New York City, NYC, Risk Probability and Chance, science of odds, science of probability, science of risk, The Illusion of Certainty, VerizonMath, VerizonMath Original Recording, What are the odds, What is the birthday problem
PLAYLISTS: Big Ideas, Physics & Mathematics
Video Duration: 01:28:02
Original Program Date: Thursday, June 2, 2011
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