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Prejudice&Discrimination: Crash Course Psychology #39

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Why are people anti-Semitic? | What's Behind Prejudice? Episode 4 | BBC Ideas

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Why are people anti-Semitic? What is behind anti-Semitism? As part of our series on the root causes of various forms of prejudice, US comedian Alex Edelman explores what's behind anti-Semitism. Why are people racist? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zHr9O
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Why are people homophobic? | What's Behind Prejudice? Episode 2 | BBC Ideas

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In the latest in our series about prejudice - and the underlying reasons behind it - we speak to LGBT activist Richard Beaven about some of the reasons behind homophobia. And he shares his own personal story of coming out as gay when he was almost 40. Wan
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Algorithmic Bias and Fairness: Crash Course AI #18

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Check out my collab with "Above the Noise" about Deepfakes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro8b69VeL9UToday, we're going to talk about five common types of algorithmic bias we should pay attention to: data that reflects existing biases, unbalanced classe
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Brains Vs. Bias: Crash Course Psychology #24

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Why are people racist? | What's Behind Prejudice? Episode 1 | BBC Ideas

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What's behind racism? Historian Onyeka Nubia explores why some people are racist - and talks about his own experiences of racism.The problem with the colour "nude", 'What Stan Lee's comics taught me about black history', what's the difference between, xen
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Why are people sexist? | What's Behind Prejudice? Episode 3 | BBC Ideas

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What's really behind sexism? The founder of the Everyday Sexism Project Laura Bates explores some of the root causes of sexism and sexist behaviour.Why are people racist? Or homophobic? Watch more like this in our What's Behind Prejudice playlist: https:/
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What happens inside you when you read a story | BBC Ideas

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Stories are just stories, right? Not really. They are also incredibly powerful - and can both reduce prejudice, and help persuade. Heres what actually happens inside us when we read. Subscribe to BBC Ideas https://bbc.in/2F6ipav------------Do you have a c
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Mining Literature For Deeper Meanings - Amy E. Harter

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/mining-literature-for-deeper-meanings-amy-e-harter Writing a great English paper can be tough because literature doesn't always reveal its deeper meanings immediately. You might not know Mr. Darcy's true feeling
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The Null Hypothesis

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While I was trying to read a script to a camera in zero-g, the student researchers behind me were trying to prove their own ideas -- or rather, to disprove their "null hypothesis". Let's talk about how science works -- and have a look at one of the teams
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Is Your Dog A Pessimist?

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Dogs seem to have a generally happy outlook on life, but how can you tell if your dog is feeling gloomy? Can dogs be pessimistic? Watch more Vanessa Hill: Do Dogs Dream? ►►►► https://youtu.be/lG1DloJni70 Dogs Understand Human Smiles, Scowls ►►►► http://dn
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How Logical Are You? The Irrationality Illusion Tricks Most

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This video relates a cognitive bias ("irrational" decision) to an optical illusion (picture at 1:45). For more, check out my new book, "The Irrationality Illusion: How to Make Smart Decisions And Overcome Bias" http://amzn.to/1o3FaAg Blog post (text and i
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Cats Vs Dogs? Let's make an AI to settle this: Crash Course Ai #19

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Follow along: https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1N5IdMTmiNbwEOD8dqammN8GAfpk41arwToday, in our final lab, Jabril tries to make an AI to settle the question once and for all, "Will a cat or a dog make us happier?" But in building this AI, Jabril will
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Four ways your brain is playing tricks on you | BBC Ideas

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Is your brain your own worst enemy? Have you fallen into any of these mind traps recently? An exploration of the world of cognitive bias. Subscribe to BBC Ideas https://bbc.in/2F6ipav This video was made by The Moment. ---------------------------- Do you
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This Village in India Plants 111 Trees Every Time a Girl Is Born

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In many parts of India, baby boys are favored over girls, whodue to the dowry systemcan be seen as a financial burden on families. But the people of Piplantri are fighting this prejudice. In Piplantri, villagers celebrate the birth of their girls by plant
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Disambiguating #theDress

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Finalist of the Best Illusion of the Year Contest 2015Rosa Lafer-Sousa: Disambiguating #theDress. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)Typically the visual system does a remarkable job of inferring the spectral-content of ambient light in a scene an
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Why so many baseball players are Dominican

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And why so many players are among the best in Major League Baseball.Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Baseball has a long history in the United States, but it also has strong roots in the Caribbean and
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Alexander the Great and the Situation ... the Great? Crash Course World History #8

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In which you are introduced to the life and accomplishments of Alexander the Great, his empire, his horse Bucephalus, the empires that came after him, and the idea of Greatness. Is greatness a question of accomplishment, of impact, or are people great bec
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Neural network racing cars around a track

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Teaching a neural network to drive a car. It's a simple network with a fixed number of hidden nodes (no NEAT), and no bias. Yet it manages to drive the cars fast and safe after just a few generations. Population is 650. The network evolves through random
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The guide book that helped black Americans travel during segregation

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Until the Civil Rights Act passed in 1964, the Green Book was critical for black Americans wanting to travel across the country. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Road tripping in the 20th century became an iconic American obsession, and the
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Why Is Yawning Contagious? - Instant Egghead #52

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Contagious yawning can be annoying, but it might also be a sign of good social skills. It's a type of emotional contagion, a phenomenon in which we tend to share the feelings of people around us. Scientific American MIND editor Sandra Upson explains. More
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Psychological Research - Crash Course Psychology #2

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Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains The International Date Line

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What is the International Date Line? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice break down the history and purpose of the IDL. How do we know we needed a date line? Find out how the need for an international date line was discovered and why it was an acc
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Did We Evolve To Believe In God?

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Studies have shown that a certain part of the brain is connected to believing in god but did humans evolve to have religion? Get 15% off http://www.domain.com's domain names and web hosting when you use coupon code DNEWS at checkout! Can Science & God
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Why Most Fossils Are Incomplete

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In 1990, fossil collectors in South Dakota stumbled across a dinosaur that turned out to be a really big deal. Not just because it was a T. rex basically the most popular dino out there or because it ended up in Chicagos famous Field Museum but because of
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The wicked wit of Jane Austen - Iseult Gillespie

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English novelist Jane Austen’s beloved works, like “Pride and Prejudice,” explored the dependence of women on marriage in British high society. -- Whether she’s describing bickering families, quiet declarations of love, or juicy gossip, Jane Austen’s writ
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Is This Glass Half Empty?

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Are you an optimist or a pessimist? Watch "Giving vs Receiving": https://youtu.be/KAjAtKZRWFU Get FREE audiobook: http://audible.com/asap Written by: Amanda Edward, Gregory Brown and Mitchell Moffit GET THE ASAPSCIENCE BOOK: http://asapscience.com/book/ F
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Big Data Problems: Crash Course Statistics #39

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There is a lot of excitement around the field of Big Data, but today we want to take a moment to look at some of the problems it creates. From questions of bias and transparency to privacy and security concerns, there is still a lot to be done to manage t
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Are University Admissions Biased? | Simpson's Paradox Part 2

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Simpson's Paradox Part 2. Thanks to Skillshare for supporting this video! Head to http://skl.sh/minutephysics for your first two months free. Comments disabled because the discourse failed to remain civil. This video is about how to tell whether or not un
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Web Search: Crash Course AI #17

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Today were going to talk about search engines, which are just AI systems that try to help us find what were looking for. Search engines can be the sort that serve up a list of results, like during a Google or Bing search, using web crawlers, an inverted i
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Every Kind of Bridge Explained in 15 Minutes

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See some cool bridges, learn some new words!Compare news coverage. Spot media bias. Try Ground News today and get 40% off your subscription by going to https://ground.news/practicalengineeringErrata: At 9:25, Edmonton is in Alberta, not Saskatchewan.Witho
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Can you outsmart this logical fallacy? - Alex Gendler

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Explore the psychology of the cognitive bias known as the conjunction fallacy, where we assume specific conditions are more probable than general ones. --Meet Lucy. She was a math major in college, and aced all her courses in probability and statistics. W
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Parallel Worlds Probably Exist. Here's Why

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The most elegant interpretation of quantum mechanics is the universe is constantly splitting A portion of this video was sponsored by Norton. Get up to 60% off the first year (annually billed) here: https://bit.ly/32SM0yd or use promo code VERITASIUM Spec
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Can You Make 4 Triangles From 6 Matches?

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Can you use 6 matches to make 4 triangles of equal size and equal shape? This is harder than it sounds! Give it a try before watching the video for a solution. If you like my videos, you can support me at Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/mindyourdecisions
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Impossible Algebra Problem

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This problem is making the rounds. Can you place numbers in the four boxes so all the equations are true? Blog post (text/image explanation): http://wp.me/p6aMk-4up If you like my videos, you can support me at Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/mindyourdecis
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Can You Solve This? AA + BB + CC = ABC

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If AA + BB + CC = ABC, what are the values of A, B, and C? All the digits are distinct and positive. Watch the video for a solution. Blog (text explanation): http://wp.me/p6aMk-4Cm If you like my videos, you can support me at Patreon: http://www.patreon.c
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I Will Read Your Mind - Math Magic Trick

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Pick a 2 digit number. Got it? Now and add up the digits. Subtract that from your original number. Look up the resulting number in the table. Can I figure out the symbol you are looking at? This video predicts your symbol and explains why this math trick
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The Seemingly Impossible Escape Logic Puzzle

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An evil logician takes Alice and Bob captive. They have a chance to escape if they can deduce the total number of trees in the prison. Can they figure it out? Source of puzzle wu: riddles forum https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board
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Can You Solve The Two Rope Puzzle?

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You have two ropes and a lighter. Each rope burns in 60 minutes, but the ropes do not burn at a constant rate. How can you measure 45 minutes by burning the ropes? Some of you might have heard this problem before. If so, try this variation: how can you me
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Can You Solve The Chameleon Riddle?

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A museum has 13 blue, 15 red, and 17 green chameleons. Whenever two chameleons of different colors meet, they both change into the color of the other chameleon (if blue and red met, for example, they would both turn green). As the chameleons mingle, is it
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Find The 10 Digit Number Classic Puzzle And Solution

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I'm thinking of a 10 digit number that uses the each digit 0 to 9 exactly once and where the number formed by the first n digits is divisible by n. What could my number be? The video explains how to find the answer using tests for divisibility. Blog post:
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Multiply Numbers By Drawing Lines

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Gow to multiply numbers by drawing lines. Get the Multiply By Lines Book! https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1500866148/ If you like my videos, you can support me at Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/mindyourdecisions Connect on social media. I update each s
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SURPRISING Coin Flipping Probability - Flips To HH Versus HT

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What is the expected number of coin flips until you get two heads in a row (HH)? What is the expected number of coin flips until you get a heads followed by a tails (HT)? The video presents the solution and an intuitive explanation for this probability ri
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Adults Stumped By Geometry Problems For 10 Year Olds. Can You Solve Them?

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These homework problems were given to 10 year old children (Year 5) in England (Glossop, Derbyshire) and they were posted to Facebook when some adults found them to be difficult. One person claimed the problems were impossible to solve. Can you figure the
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Viral Facebook Math Problem

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This problem has over 2 million comments on Facebook and is getting coverage in mainstream media and blogs. Can you figure out this Facebook fruit algebra puzzle involving apples, bananas, and coconuts? The video presents what many people consider to be t
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SCIENCE WARS - Acapella Parody

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iTunes: http://apple.co/1IBrCVG Bandcamp: http://bit.ly/1XO9Ik0 SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/asapsci Follow us: @WhaleWatchMePlz and @MitchellMoffit Inspired by the amazing Jon Cozart and his fantastic Disney parodies: https://youtu.be/diU70KshcjA Lyrics by M
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Can You Solve The 3 Cards Riddle?

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There are 3 cards in this problem. One card is blue on both sides, another is red on both sides, and the last is red on one side and blue on the other. The cards are put in a bag and I pick one at random. Without looking at the colors on the card, I place
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The Day After Tomorrow Is Yesterday Riddle. Can You Solve It?

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This puzzle is popular on Facebook and many other sites. "When the day after tomorrow is yesterday, then today will be as far from Wednesday as today was from Wednesday when the day before yesterday was tomorrow. What day is today?" Can you solve this tri
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This SAT Math Question Has A Mistake

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This question appeared on the October 1980 SAT exam. Like all questions, it was supposed to have exactly one correct answer. However the test-makers made a mistake. Can you figure out what they did wrong? Blog post (text explanation): http://wp.me/p6aMk-4
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Can You Solve This Intelligence Test? Viral Facebook Puzzle

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If 6 + 4 = 210, and 9 + 2 = 711, what is the rule to combine numbers? This "intelligence test" has been shared more than 3 million times on Facebook. On Twitter people claim solving it means you have an IQ of more than 150 (genius level). In this video I
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Can You Solve The Snake Eyes Probability Riddle?

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You close your eyes and roll a pair of dice. The casino dealer announces that at least one of the rolls is showing a 1.What is the probability that both dice are showing a 1? Watch the video for the solution. (Snake eyes is a term for rolling a pair of 1s
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The sibling rivalry that divided a town - Jay Van Bavel and Dominic Packer

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Explore the psychology of social identity and in-group bias and discover the conditions that cause people to turn against one another.--One day a pair of brothers working together as shoemakers had an explosive fight that split the family business in two.
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Can You Solve A 5th Grade Problem From China? Find The Area Of ABCD

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Thanks to Eric from Miami for suggesting this problem and sending a solution! The diagram shows a quadrilateral ABCD with the values for some angles and the length of AB. Can you figure out the area of ABCD? Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/MindYou
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"Impossible" Logic Puzzle - How Many Liars Are At The Party?

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A party has 100 people who are either liars are truth tellers. Liars always lie and truth tellers always say the truth. After the party you ask each person, "How many truth tellers did you shake hands with?" Each person gives a different answer from 0 to
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Flower Math Problem - Adults Stumped By Question For Kids In China

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This problem is said to come from a test given to a Chinese kindergarten class (5 year olds). It was posted online and caused a lot of debate as adults were stumped about the correct answer, some saying it is impossible. Can you figure it out? This video
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Can You Solve The Friendship Riddle?

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In a group of 6 people, you might find that some people are friends on Facebook, or you might find out that no one is friends on Facebook. Show that there is always a group of 3 people in which either: (a) all 3 people are mutual friends or (b) the 3 peop
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This Matchstick Puzzle Is

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This classic matchstick/toothpick puzzle is making the rounds because it is supposedly "extremely hard" for adults. Can you make 3 squares by moving 3 matchsticks? You cannot break any of the sticks, the resulting squares must be of equal size, and each t
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The Game You Win By Losing (Parrondo's Paradox)

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Watch my collab with Donut Media: https://youtu.be/1RNc-2hpHP8Thanks to Donut Media for supporting Vsauce2 and having me on their channel. Go check them out and support them. They're great!While working on the interplay between thermodynamics and informat
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Can You Solve The Viral 9 = 72 Puzzle? The Correct Answer Explained

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This problem has been shared millions of times on Twitter/Facebook with the claim "99% fail" to solve it and that only a genius could find the correct answer. If 9 = 72, 8 = 56, 7 = 42, 6 = 30, 5 = 20, then 3 = ? In this video I explain what many people b
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Can You Solve The Viral 1 + 4 = 5 Puzzle? The Correct Answer Explained

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This problem was shared on Facebook with the claim that only one in a thousand could figure it out. It went viral and generated over 3 million comments. Here is the problem. If 1 + 4 = 5, 2 + 5 = 12, 3 + 6 = 21, what is 8 + 11 = ? This video presents what
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Does My Dog Know What I'm Thinking?

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Head to BrainCraft for more doggy science! http://youtu.be/OBy3idLwwYM Subscribe to It’s Okay To Be Smart: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Follow on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jtotheizzoe Follow on Tumblr: http://www.itsokaytobesm
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Can You Solve The Race To December 31 Riddle?

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Here's a fun game you can play with another person. The game starts on January 1. Each of two players takes turns calling out another date. The new date has to be a later date in the year with either the same month OR the same day (from January 1, a playe
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Can You Solve A Puzzle That Fooled Richard Feynman?

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What is the radius of the circle, in simplest terms involving a, b, and c? I read that even the great mind Richard Feynman made a mistake. Watch the video to learn the common mistake and what the correct answer is. Source Feynman story http://web.media.mi
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What Is The Area? "You Should Be Able To Solve This"

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Thanks to Reio in Romania for emailing me this fun problem! What is the area? This puzzle was shared with the tagline "you should be able to solve this." Solution to 5th grade Chinese challenge problem https://youtu.be/OuJQaxZvlYs My blog post for this vi
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Can You Solve The Rectangle Ratio Puzzle? The Surprising Answer

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Start with a unit square (a rectangle with both sides equal to 1, call it R1). Attach a rectangle of area 1 to its right side, then attach a rectangle of area 1 to its top. The border of this new shape is another rectangle, call it R2. We can repeat the p
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Can You Solve This Harvard Admissions Question? Algebra Problem, 1869

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The Harvard admissions exam in 1869 included this algebra problem: "A man bought a watch, a chain, and a locket for $216. The watch and locket together cost three times as much as the chain, and the chain and locket together cost half as much as the watch
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Can You Solve The Hardest Easy Geometry Problem?

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In the figure, what is the value of angle x? This problem is known as Langley's Adventitious Angles. It is also known as the hardest easy geometry problem because it can be solved by elementary methods but it is notoriously difficult to work out. Can you
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Can You Solve This 6th Grade Geometry Problem From Singapore? The Area Of A "Claw"

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This problem was given to Primary 6 (age 11-12) students in Singapore. What is the area of the shaded region in the video, which consists of the region bounded by 4 quarter circles in a 3x3 grid of squares, and each square has a side length of 4? The shad
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Can You Solve This MIT Admissions Question? Geometry Problem, 1869

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is one of the top ranked universities in the world. This question appeared on its admissions exam nearly 150 years ago. "The perpendicular dropped from the vertex of the right angle upon the hypotenuse divid
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Can You Solve The Missing Sock Puzzle?

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A statistician keeps a simple wardrobe. He only purchases pairs of black socks and white socks, and he keeps all of the socks in a pile in the drawer. Recently one of the socks was lost in the laundry. The socks have a mathematical property. If you select
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The Horse Horseshoe Boots Viral Algebra Problem - The Correct Answer Explained

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A lot of people are arguing over the correct answer to this algebra problem involving horses, horseshoes, and boots. A Facebook post with this problem has over 500,000 comments. Can you figure it out? In this video I explain the correct answer. Blog post:
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Can You Solve The Viral 11x11 = 4 Puzzle? The Correct Answer Explained

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If 11x11=4 and 22x22=16, what is 33x33=? This puzzle has been shared with the claim that only geniuses can solve it. It has gotten millions of views on the internet and Facebook as people have debated the correct answer. In this video I present what many
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Can You Solve This 8th Grade Geometry Problem? 75% Got The Wrong Answer

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What is angle A in the star-shaped figure? This problem appeared on the 1999 AMC 8 test (intended for 8th grade students in the US). Approximately 75% of test-takers did not mark the correct response. Can you figure it out? Watch the video for a solution.
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Can You Solve The Red Ball Lottery Puzzle?

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(Same video without the music: https://youtu.be/sz5oLEpc8xE) This problem involves 100 red balls, 100 blue balls, and 2 urns. First you distribute all the balls between the 2 urns, placing at least 1 ball in each urn. Next, you select an urn at random, an
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Can You Solve The Magical Pond Puzzle?

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(Same video with music: https://youtu.be/nF-Gpk0ZpRk) You visit a shrine that has 3 temples. Before each temple, you have to swim in a magical pond. Your path is pond-temple1-pond-temple2-pond-temple 3. Each time you swim, the pond magically triples the n
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Adults Stumped By Maths Questions For 15 Year Olds. Can You Solve Them?

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How hard are math tests? A survey asked 2,000 UK adults to answer sample GCSE test questions intended for 15 year old students. On average, the survey questions were missed by about 40% of adults. Can you solve them? The video presents 2 questions that ma
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Can You Solve The Marriage Logic Problem? 80% Fail

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Surveys have found 80 percent get this logic problem wrong. Alice is looking at Bob, and Bob is looking at Charlie. Alice is married; Charlie is not. Is a married person looking at an unmarried person? Answer choices are A) Yes, B) No, and C) Cannot be de
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Can You Solve This Grade 12 Geometry Problem From Australia? The Marshmallow Chocolate Puzzle

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A marshmallow has the shape of a cylinder with diameter 5 and height 3. A dessert is made with 24 marshmallows: there are two stacked layers of marshmallows, and each layer has 3 rows of 4 marshmallows. The gaps between the marshmallows are filled with ch
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What is 6÷2(1+2) = ? The Correct Answer Explained

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What is 6÷2(1+2) = ? This problem went viral and generated millions of comments on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and social media sites. I explain how to get the correct answer by using the modern interpretation of the order of operations. I also explain how
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Can You Solve This Crazy Equation? Ramanujan's Radical Brain Teaser

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In 1911, Srinivasa Ramanujan posed this problem involving an infinite nested radical (a never-ending expression that has square roots inside of square roots). Can you figure out how to simplify the equation? The video presents an intuitive solution. Techn
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What's The Best Soup Can Size? The Optimal Cylinder Puzzle

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A cylindrical can with volume V can be made in different ways. The cylinder can be wide and short (large radius and small height), or it can be narrower and taller (small radius and larger height). Which shape uses the least material? That is, which can h
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Can You Solve The 21 Flags Game From Survivor?

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Contestants on the TV show "Survivor" faced off in a series of challenges for a grand prize of $1 million. Most of the challenges were physical like hiking many miles or diving underwater. But one challenge was mathematical. The game had 21 flags and cont
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How Different Are Different Types of Dogs?

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The Viral Balloon Puzzle - The REAL Answer Explained (Using Ph.D. Level Math)

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They say only geniuses can solve this puzzle, and this time they are correct. Thanks to all patrons! Special thanks to: Shrihari Puranik Yildiz Kabaran Kyle My blog post for this video https://wp.me/p6aMk-82U Sources https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/que
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Can You Solve This 6th Grade Geometry Problem From China?

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What is the total area of the red spots? The diagram involves a rectangle with dimensions of 10 and 20. Inside the rectangle one of its diagonals is connected. There are two circles of equal size that are tangent to each other and the rectangle. The video
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Can You Solve The "MEANEST" SAT Test Question Ever?

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On the SAT exam, you have about 2 minutes to read and solve each math question. This one about averages can send you in a loop, unless you approach it systematically. In the video I also explain a shortcut to help you solve this type of problem quickly. S
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Can You Solve The Viral Matchstick Puzzle 6 + 4 = 4?

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Can you fix 6 + 4 = 4 by moving 1 matchstick? This problem has gone viral on Facebook, with one post having over 400,000 shares. The ground rules are you cannot break a stick, it should be an equality (=), and you have to use 7-segment numbers (the block
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Can You Solve The Diluted Wine Puzzle?

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A servant has a method to steal wine. He removes 3 cups from a barrel of wine and replaces it with 3 cups of water. The next day he wants more wine, so he does the same thing: he removes 3 cups from the same barrel (now with diluted wine) and replaces it
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Adults Are Arguing About This 3rd Grade Math Problem

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"If Sue runs around the track twice, and John runs around the track four times more than Sue, how many times does John run around the track?" This problem was given to 3rd graders. A parent disagreed with the answer the teacher was marking. After it was p
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Water Cooled 72,000 Lumen LED Flashlight!!

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People wanting a big light for their car: light bars exist now, cheaply and reliably http://amzn.to/2noXgNe Here's that neat 1150 lumen light: http://amzn.to/2xwQEUO FAQ's!!! Q: why are you only turning it on for short bursts? A: The reason is just that I
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The Wallis Formula For π

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Start with the pair of fractions (2/1)(2/3). Now increment each number by 2 to get the pair of fractions (4/3)(4/5). Repeat this to get the next pair, and repeat this infinitely many times. If you then multiply all the fractions, you get a marvelous value
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Can You Solve The Probability The Newborn Is A Boy? Many Fail This Interview Question

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This problem has been asked in job interviews. On the morning of January 1, a hospital nursery has 3 boys and some number of girls. That night, a woman gives birth to a child, and the child is placed in the nursery. On January 2, a statistician conducts a
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Can You Solve The Alien Extinction Riddle? Hard Job Interview Question

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A single alien lands on Earth. Every day after that, each alien on Earth undergoes a transformation, which could be any of the four equally likely events: (a) the alien dies, (b) the alien does nothing, (c) the alien replicates itself (2 aliens total), (d
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How Many Mass Extinctions Have There Been?

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Thanks to Audible for supporting this video. Get your free 30-day trial at https://www.audible.com/minuteearth Thanks also to our Patreon patrons: Today I Found Out, Maarten Bremer, Mark Roth, Jeff Straathof, Tony Fadell, Ahmed, Muhammad Shifaz, Vidhya Kr
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Why "Nothing" Matters in Science

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Watch the music video for "The Idea" off the album Music For Scientists: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUyT94aGmbcNull results often get a bad rap, sometimes characterized as a study "finding nothing," but there's a lot we can learn from studies whose r
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Can You Solve The Mind-Bending Self-Counting Sentence Riddle?

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"In this sentence, the number of occurrences of the digit 0 is __, of the digit 1 is __, of the digit 2 is __, of the digit 3 is __, of the digit 4 is __, of the digit 5 is __, of the digit 6 is __, of the digit 7 is __, of the digit 8 is __, and of the d

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