Check your intuition: The birthday problem - David Knuffke
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Imagine a group of people. How big do you think the group would have to be before there’s more than a 50% chance that two people in the group have the same birthday? The answer is … probably lower than you think. David Knuffke explains how the birthday problem exposes our often-poor intuition when it comes to probability.
The video ends with the statement “sometimes coincidences aren’t as coincidental as they seem.” Explain.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator David Knuffke
- Director Biljana Labović
- Script Editor Eleanor Nelsen
- Animator Kaitlyn Carroll
- Sound Designer Weston Fonger
- Associate Producer Jessica Ruby
- Content Producer Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Producer Alex Rosenthal
- Narrator Addison Anderson
