BBC - The Code - The Wisdom of the Crowd

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What it covers

Marcus du Sautoy of the BBC demonstrates the wisdom of the crowd, showing that averaging many guesses of jelly beans in a jar lands near the true count. It is for a general viewer who does not plan to take a prerequisite first.

Video details

Channel

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Length

4 min 49 sec

Year

2011

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