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BBC - The Code - The Wisdom of the Crowd

timb6·Length: 5 minutes4:49·Probability & game theory

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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.

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