The Galton Board

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  • Опубліковано 30 тра 2024
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    PO Box 33168
    L.A. CA 90033
    **CREDITS**
    Starring
    Hannah Canetti
    With special appearance by
    Michael Stevens
    Edited by
    Hannah Canetti and Michael Stevens
    Close-up footage of the board by
    JAKE ROPER
    VFX outros by
    Eric Langlay
    / ericlanglay
    Music by Jake Chudnow
    / jakechudnow
    **VSAUCE LINKS**
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    Vsauce2: / vsauce2
    Vsauce3: / vsauce3
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  • @spencergerwing7946
    @spencergerwing7946 6 років тому +4216

    "if you have a pulse, and are breathing, I think we can all agree that binomial powers are one of your favorite things". I love michael

    • @jazzieman9687
      @jazzieman9687 5 років тому +86

      Sorry dude he is already married.

    • @negg7046
      @negg7046 5 років тому +4

      jazzie man it wassa joke.

    • @PostModernToast
      @PostModernToast 5 років тому +49

      r/whooooshception

    • @Azuriiee
      @Azuriiee 5 років тому +2

      omg 666 likes when i commented this

    • @Azuriiee
      @Azuriiee 5 років тому +3

      @@PostModernToast wooooosh not whoooooosh

  • @anti_MATT_er
    @anti_MATT_er 6 років тому +330

    Vsauce video:
    Beginning and end: meme material
    Middle: content

  • @magnusthomsen2309
    @magnusthomsen2309 5 років тому +1732

    Vsauce is like the cool teacher at school

    • @ismailzulqarni4977
      @ismailzulqarni4977 4 роки тому +52

      I had a teacher like him last year, I honestly have a feeling he watched Vsauce

    • @bolson42
      @bolson42 4 роки тому +17

      He IS the cool teacher at school

    • @ViratKohli-jj3wj
      @ViratKohli-jj3wj 4 роки тому +26

      But what is a cool? (Vsauce music intensifies)

    • @BigSkyCards23
      @BigSkyCards23 4 роки тому +16

      But, what is a school?

    • @playmaker.3596
      @playmaker.3596 4 роки тому +11

      @@BigSkyCards23 what is a teacher

  • @itsastikbotparty8149
    @itsastikbotparty8149 4 роки тому +575

    knock
    knock
    knock knock
    knock knock knock
    knock knock knock knock knock
    "whos there?"
    fibbonaci

    • @daffy6489
      @daffy6489 4 роки тому +7

      ItsAStikbotParty! Jacksfilms

    • @dumbblondehairbrush
      @dumbblondehairbrush 4 роки тому +21

      @Slap Happy Pappy imagine caring about what other people comment on

    • @getintheoven5515
      @getintheoven5515 3 роки тому +3

      @@dumbblondehairbrush imagine

    • @ItsRubyGD
      @ItsRubyGD 3 роки тому +1

      @@dumbblondehairbrush ikr that would be crazy, imagine if you did that

    • @xr.3102
      @xr.3102 3 роки тому

      @@Samm-vf6ti cry harder

  • @mrcomp1971
    @mrcomp1971 6 років тому +5279

    I feel like michael is becoming more and more aware of the meme culture surrounding him.

    • @darkfire2937
      @darkfire2937 6 років тому +406

      He's always been a meme.

    • @calinmihai2934
      @calinmihai2934 6 років тому +23

      mrcomp what made you feel that?

    • @icebread9335
      @icebread9335 6 років тому +38

      mrcomp that's partially why he is great :D

    • @Super.AmmarI0
      @Super.AmmarI0 6 років тому +203

      Have you seen the h3 podcast with him on? He literally admits that he likes being a meme.

    • @mrcomp1971
      @mrcomp1971 6 років тому +24

      Prime Number Theorem I've seen it yeah. But his videos at the time had a way more serious tone to it if that makes any sense.

  • @iBuyNewStuff
    @iBuyNewStuff 6 років тому +466

    Well I didn't know that the diagonals were Fibonacci. Gosh darn Pascal you rascal. He got me again.

    • @SomeRandomDude821
      @SomeRandomDude821 3 роки тому +24

      also, each row is 11^n, where n is the row.
      11^0 = 1
      11^1 = 11
      11^2 = 121
      11^3 = 1331
      11^4 = 14641
      (for 5+, if the number is 10, add 1 to the previous cell)
      and the sum of the numbers in each row is 2^n

    • @eigenbasis4482
      @eigenbasis4482 3 роки тому +4

      There are hundreds of patterns one can find in pascal's triangle.

    • @dkw9525
      @dkw9525 2 роки тому +2

      @@SomeRandomDude821 Thank you!

    • @upsidedownChad
      @upsidedownChad 2 роки тому

      Lmao

    • @Zelchinho
      @Zelchinho 2 роки тому +1

      Any bonus bonus bonus juice me beach juicers here? And say nothing! Putrid! Shameless!!

  • @AnimeLawyers
    @AnimeLawyers 4 роки тому +861

    Imagine the one timeline where all the balls fell down the same path while filming this

    • @benthomason3307
      @benthomason3307 4 роки тому +58

      they'd just do a second take.

    • @nathanwagner5861
      @nathanwagner5861 4 роки тому +114

      Ben Thomason But there would also be that one universe where both takes would go down the same path.

    • @benthomason3307
      @benthomason3307 4 роки тому +32

      @@nathanwagner5861 then do a third take, duh.

    • @AnimeLawyers
      @AnimeLawyers 4 роки тому +95

      @@benthomason3307 You don't get it, there exists a universe where every take will make them all fall in the same path. Is your plan to just keep recording until the end of time?

    • @mbrusyda9437
      @mbrusyda9437 4 роки тому +100

      @@AnimeLawyers there may exist universe wherein quantum mechanics was never developed because all coin flips resulted in heads

  • @wyattc6572
    @wyattc6572 5 років тому +1090

    dude its one in the morning and the intro jumpscare was not okay. specially without an explanation.

    • @dashiellleigh6137
      @dashiellleigh6137 5 років тому +28

      i know right

    • @attoblaze3395
      @attoblaze3395 5 років тому +83

      *happy tones continues* Micheal's Toys

    • @sahidcm
      @sahidcm 4 роки тому +66

      And there was one at the end as well which I wasn't expecting

    • @jubooty27
      @jubooty27 4 роки тому +2

      Correct

    • @beyse101
      @beyse101 4 роки тому +82

      The "normal" Michael never came out of that isolation chamber

  • @DogBeef
    @DogBeef 6 років тому +2479

    balls are a common theme on this channel

    • @osimmac
      @osimmac 6 років тому +112

      balls are a common theme in this entire universe ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

    • @tenma628
      @tenma628 6 років тому +16

      ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

    • @Nikola95inYT
      @Nikola95inYT 6 років тому +23

      Michaels toys

    • @jellejoo
      @jellejoo 6 років тому +63

      you can't have a DONG without balls

    • @Jumulmer
      @Jumulmer 6 років тому +12

      1.5mill balls reveal

  • @zeldamax4741
    @zeldamax4741 6 років тому +75

    The intro is one of the best I ever saw. The music, the random jump scare, you can see him standing still in the reflection of the glass. I love this kind of humour.

    • @aidenrobinson495
      @aidenrobinson495 4 роки тому +2

      I think the music comes from the soundtrack of a ps3 game called Eufloria.

    • @karineaudet6270
      @karineaudet6270 2 роки тому +2

      He is awesome. Heal all sadness... Hes incredible. Smart. Funny. Thanks. Keep up.

  • @frenchvanilla343
    @frenchvanilla343 5 років тому +880

    When he revealed Fibonacci’s sequence I lost it.

    • @eugenesagan212
      @eugenesagan212 5 років тому +10

      TheMysteryMan spoiler

    • @brianwalendy3735
      @brianwalendy3735 5 років тому +43

      Black,
      Then
      White are
      All I see
      In my infancy
      Red and yellow then came to be
      Reaching out to me
      Let's me see
      There is
      So
      Much
      More that
      Beckons me
      To look through to the
      Infinite possibilities

    • @cloudyo_o2792
      @cloudyo_o2792 5 років тому +3

      Same

    • @KSR3
      @KSR3 5 років тому +2

      the what sequence

    • @davidholmes2932
      @davidholmes2932 5 років тому +6

      @@KSR3 *chuckles in high school math*

  • @soltanikian
    @soltanikian 5 років тому +707

    We literally were forced to learn everything in this video in algebra. It was so confusing. If only this vid was out back then

    • @Shampoid
      @Shampoid 5 років тому +10

      Have you ever watched a vsauce episode

    • @CaveyMoth
      @CaveyMoth 5 років тому +9

      This video reminded me of when I used to be smart.

    • @larlwheezer2334
      @larlwheezer2334 4 роки тому +13

      im in algebra 2 honors right now
      why didnt they teach me pascal's triangle and binomial expansion like this

    • @facebook9yearsago646
      @facebook9yearsago646 4 роки тому +3

      I know what he is talking about, but I have no idea what kind if scenario would make the last equation useful.

    • @larlwheezer2334
      @larlwheezer2334 4 роки тому +10

      @@facebook9yearsago646 its used in economics and architecture usually, and also apparently its used to distribute ip addresses or something like that

  • @lawrencecalablaster568
    @lawrencecalablaster568 6 років тому +879

    Why you gotta scare me like that, Michael?

    • @spiritwatcher8880
      @spiritwatcher8880 6 років тому +7

      No replies on this comment ? Only me ?

    • @JJTheDev
      @JJTheDev 6 років тому +9

      Check the description : starring Hannah... Guest appearance : Micheal Stevens (I'm on my phone I can't check it. It's probably different)
      Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

    • @NorwayDuck
      @NorwayDuck 6 років тому +3

      JJ The θwθ
      You can't read the description on your phone?? Wtf

    • @JJTheDev
      @JJTheDev 6 років тому

      NorwayDuck while typing, I don't want to have to go back and then find this comment again

    • @NorwayDuck
      @NorwayDuck 6 років тому +1

      JJ The θwθ
      Ah, gotcha.

  • @StefanST
    @StefanST 6 років тому +583

    Got a mini heart attack at the beginning thanks to Michael's toys... 😂

    • @calinmihai2934
      @calinmihai2934 6 років тому +38

      Stefan ST i got a mini heart attack at the ending

    • @tenma628
      @tenma628 6 років тому +6

      nah didn't scare me at the beginning or end, but i got to say i wasn't expecting that!

    • @brandonmohammed9092
      @brandonmohammed9092 6 років тому +2

      same. anyone know who it is tho?

    • @RaoDGuitar
      @RaoDGuitar 6 років тому +5

      Brandon Mohammed I think it's Hannah Canetti. Just a wild guess though.

    • @outsidethepyramid
      @outsidethepyramid 5 років тому +2

      what was the point of that woman at the beginning?

  • @ericli4948
    @ericli4948 5 років тому +470

    7:10 me during my school presentation in front of my whole entire class

  • @bondfool
    @bondfool 4 роки тому +143

    Michael’s passion for educating is so heartwarming.

  • @rachelmorrow9042
    @rachelmorrow9042 6 років тому +137

    It's so fun to just watch Michael talk about something he's interested in.

  • @Riftley
    @Riftley 6 років тому +1536

    Proof Michael is actually Tim from Grand Illusion.

  • @JWhitePWC
    @JWhitePWC 5 років тому +62

    Me: “The Galton Board can also be called a quincunx.”
    Friend who wasn’t paying attention: “What did you just call me?”

  • @villand2235
    @villand2235 4 роки тому +14

    Also, the sum of each row equals the corresponding power of two. For example, the 4th row is 1+4+6+4+1 which equals 16. 16 is also equal to 2 raised to the fourth.

  • @willbe_human
    @willbe_human 6 років тому +130

    I wonder what my friends and family would think of me if they knew how excited I get every time a channel called "DONG" uploads

    • @BluntforceJ
      @BluntforceJ 6 років тому +23

      They'd probably think you're a real quincunx.

    • @frama1122
      @frama1122 6 років тому +5

      Imagine they click on the past couple of vids to just see balls, density balls, small balls, big balls... Just... Balms

    • @rafaeligmpraciano4123
      @rafaeligmpraciano4123 6 років тому +1

      The dong expands

  • @Jombo1
    @Jombo1 6 років тому +1893

    ok but why the spooks :(

    • @dchsj
      @dchsj 6 років тому +188

      randomness

    • @tomasbachor3703
      @tomasbachor3703 6 років тому +310

      I’m guessing it’s a reference to the joke of normal and paranormal distribution

    • @jonathanthompson4734
      @jonathanthompson4734 6 років тому +86

      Thank goodness someone else saw them

    • @lulf1304
      @lulf1304 6 років тому +6

      Why tho

    • @RusZugunder
      @RusZugunder 6 років тому +8

      what spooks?

  • @Supergn0me
    @Supergn0me 4 роки тому +251

    I feel like Michael is going to wake us all up from the Matrix one day.

  • @gdnautilus9075
    @gdnautilus9075 5 років тому +188

    When your friend Galton is bored

    • @luminousfractal420
      @luminousfractal420 4 роки тому +8

      unfortunately when francis galton got bored he spent his time trying to wipe out the general public. galton was a eugenicist :/

    • @Datboichannel
      @Datboichannel 4 роки тому +1

      nah my friend is called xuincunx

  • @ultravidz
    @ultravidz 6 років тому +1136

    Wish I knew that binomial trick in middle school

    • @Catmomila
      @Catmomila 6 років тому +1

      AlphaOmega why tho

    • @Whovian1029
      @Whovian1029 6 років тому +3

      Yeah, that was awesome!

    • @adaptiveplexus
      @adaptiveplexus 6 років тому +5

      cnow can I use this for the lotto?

    • @zyadmohamed5360
      @zyadmohamed5360 6 років тому

      I am at middle school tho /:

    • @hakivin
      @hakivin 6 років тому +4

      I knew it when i was in high school

  • @SimplyMavAgain
    @SimplyMavAgain 6 років тому +39

    It feels great to watch a Vsauce video about something you already knew and understood and still learn something new.

  • @johnballentine8915
    @johnballentine8915 5 років тому +338

    Lol, I miss the soundtrack from Vsauce. It's the only thing missing from DONG.

    • @ericstoverink6579
      @ericstoverink6579 5 років тому +49

      Actual DONGs have been missing from DONG for quite some time.

    • @gcaps7973
      @gcaps7973 5 років тому +18

      Petition to make Michael a new email so he can log back in to vsauce

    • @kooshades25
      @kooshades25 5 років тому +10

      What’s dong? Never heard of it never existed.

    • @diptipanat793
      @diptipanat793 5 років тому +7

      What's DONG?

    • @CaveyMoth
      @CaveyMoth 5 років тому +4

      Or is it?

  • @dylandreisbach1986
    @dylandreisbach1986 5 років тому +77

    Man, Michael is really making the matrix work hard today to simulate those balls.

  • @MrWazzup112
    @MrWazzup112 6 років тому +270

    Living meme/legend

  • @matthewjamestaylor
    @matthewjamestaylor 6 років тому +753

    Stats professor here. . . hey, you're giving away all my best magic tricks. Stop it. Okay, just this once. Cheers.

    • @cynthiaaaa5204
      @cynthiaaaa5204 6 років тому +11

      Matthew Taylor Curiosity here. Would you mind showing me the long hand version of how (x+y)^4 gets to the answer he gave? I don't doubt his accuracy, I just would like to see it done so I can wrap my mind around it.

    • @matthewjamestaylor
      @matthewjamestaylor 6 років тому +71

      You start by multiplying x+y by x+y taking each element in the multiplicand and multiplying those with each term in the multiplier (x times x, plus x times y plus y times x plus y times y - AKA FOIL, firsts-outers-inners-lasts). You take that product and multiply that by x+y. Then that product by x+y. After combining terms you get the distributed form of x+y to the fourth. What he showed. Need a big whiteboard to show my work, sorry.

    • @linsleyboxill6863
      @linsleyboxill6863 6 років тому +47

      Matthew Taylor You just got some free education my friend and he wasn't even paid for it. World needs more teachers like this

    • @andvil01
      @andvil01 6 років тому +25

      When I worked as a math/science teacher in highschool, I showed Pascals triangle to tie different parts of math together. Binominals, combinatory, distribution, Fibonacci numbers, golden ratio. All in one figure.
      Now I work as a brewer. Less students, still alot math, chemistry, biology and physics.

    • @wooferjr169
      @wooferjr169 6 років тому +1

      I take statistics and that triangle thing looked familiar.

  • @Aakraos
    @Aakraos 4 роки тому +40

    I just love how Micheal goes, at every mathematical/phisical/scientific thing "Oh oh oh, alright this is gonna be suuuuuperfun"
    AND THATS ACTUALLY SUPERFUN

  • @jesusthroughmary
    @jesusthroughmary 5 років тому +34

    5:50 Going along fine, thinking, "this video is OK"
    6:00 YOU DEMON, YOU SORCERER

  • @jaidynbelbin4863
    @jaidynbelbin4863 6 років тому +322

    This is utterly beautiful.

    • @jamesjackson3810
      @jamesjackson3810 5 років тому

      less beautiful when you realise its named after the father of eugenics but

  • @steliostoulis1875
    @steliostoulis1875 6 років тому +192

    I like numberphile's new Professor.

    • @red__guy
      @red__guy 6 років тому +1

      He's the lost brother of the blond one.

  • @shawnbrando6145
    @shawnbrando6145 6 років тому +13

    “Out of chaos, comes order” . Great closing, Michael!

  • @MrBomberman11
    @MrBomberman11 5 років тому +21

    Wtf this is the most fascinating math video I've ever seen.

  • @gryphon885
    @gryphon885 6 років тому +76

    t's interesting to see VSause do a video about something that we are currently working on in my Math class. It's quite cool, honestly.

    • @pka696
      @pka696 5 років тому

      smh thats right, same here lol

  • @vofenn
    @vofenn 6 років тому +212

    Wasnt expecting the jump scares in the beginning and the end o...o

    • @whatonearthamito
      @whatonearthamito 6 років тому

      Yeah. What was with that?

    • @Wyvernnnn
      @Wyvernnnn 6 років тому +46

      It's just Michael getting weirder and weirder. He's beginning to trust us so he's revealing his true nature.

    • @davidcook4823
      @davidcook4823 6 років тому +7

      Normal and paranormal

    • @Valigarmanda
      @Valigarmanda 6 років тому

      I wasn't expecting the jumpscare at the beginning but it kind of made me aware of how Michael will do the ending so I was ready for it. I was right.

    • @marianafiorin8703
      @marianafiorin8703 6 років тому +2

      I dont like those and im making it very clear

  • @marccolten9801
    @marccolten9801 4 роки тому +14

    "This man belongs in a straight jacket" - Max Bialystock, The Producers.

  • @LionsYouth
    @LionsYouth 4 роки тому +5

    One of my all time favorite videos on this channel. Thanks Michael and thanks to the whole crew. You guys are awesome!

  • @StickMaster500
    @StickMaster500 6 років тому +620

    Is this The Ring sequel?

    • @AarPlays
      @AarPlays 6 років тому +2

      For those wondering why this comment is relevant, watch the entire video.

    • @kieubasiarz
      @kieubasiarz 6 років тому

      Can I see your subs list? Would recommend you some channels.

    • @fykz489
      @fykz489 6 років тому +2

      What is wrong with you and justin wtf

    • @StefanST
      @StefanST 6 років тому

      I saw exactly the 1.100.000 subscribers!!!!

    • @pategustavo4392
      @pategustavo4392 6 років тому

      StickMaster500 hai boss!

  • @hiimapop7755
    @hiimapop7755 6 років тому +227

    Michael is returning to his original state 6 years ago.
    Ps: Michael please don't shave that majestic beard of yours.

  • @ohboy1113
    @ohboy1113 4 роки тому +26

    3:11 my brain did this thing where when I heard it the first time I swear he pronounced it Beeeautiful, but after listening again I realized that it was just my brain highlighting a good pun and Michael really didn’t say it any different than normal. My brain is literally hard wired to make puns so much that I hear them even when they’re not there.

  • @ksp6091
    @ksp6091 8 місяців тому +1

    One other spooky thing about the pascal triangle is how each row is a power of 11 : so you have 11^0 = 1, 11^1=1, 11^2=121 and so one

  • @ignemuton5500
    @ignemuton5500 6 років тому +105

    *leaves math lesson to watch Vsauce, Michael does a math lesson* gg

    • @UnderscoreZeroLP
      @UnderscoreZeroLP 6 років тому +9

      yeah because real maths is actually cool and interesting, but schools aren't motivated to make students interested in maths, they only want grades, and mistakenly think rote memorisation is how to get good grades from their students.

    • @jonahnichols2158
      @jonahnichols2158 5 років тому +2

      Underscore Zero - YES! EXACTLY! THANK YOU!

  • @the_real_Kurt_Yarish
    @the_real_Kurt_Yarish 6 років тому +95

    There were diagrams of Pascal's Triangle in several of my math classes back in High School, yet not once was I ever taught what it was or what it tells us. At least, not to any note-worthy degree. Thanks, Michael, for filling in where the education system did not.

    • @EarthScienceEnjoyer
      @EarthScienceEnjoyer 6 років тому +1

      Kurt Yarish education system in my highschool covered it in first month

    • @KimonoSuki
      @KimonoSuki 6 років тому +1

      I'm a freshman in highschool rn and we covered it pretty much straight away in my Algebra 2 class

    • @leardvr
      @leardvr 6 років тому +1

      I'm with you Kurt, I learned it when I asked one of the kids in class how he was getting the answers so easily. He told me his engineer dad should him. I wrote it down for test and went from a D to a B.

    • @samueljackson3512
      @samueljackson3512 6 років тому

      Piggy and Bunny You used it for binomials?

    • @leardvr
      @leardvr 6 років тому

      Samuel Jackson just like Michael showed. Solving for "to the power of" FOIL works for to the power of 2, but larger then that it confused me. That was 30 years ago. In my line of work I used trig and geometry not algebra. Which is good, because I hated algebra.

  • @Tr1Hard777
    @Tr1Hard777 4 роки тому +1

    Its like a playoff bracket. The winner has to win the most games which makes it rare or in this case the ball has to hit right or left on the peg every time to make it to the outside.

  • @alphastronghold4425
    @alphastronghold4425 4 роки тому +8

    and i've just noticed that nearly everything written is in comic sans XD

  • @NataliePate
    @NataliePate 6 років тому +122

    I think I saw a Japanese ghost there. From a haunted Pachinko perhaps? Some kind of warning?

    • @PumpkinPanda-
      @PumpkinPanda- 6 років тому +21

      yeah that sh't scared me..

    • @jongyon7192p
      @jongyon7192p 6 років тому +4

      Quantum effects on Michael?

    • @666Tomato666
      @666Tomato666 6 років тому +8

      > haunted Pachinko
      yeah, after Konami started killing its franchises using pachinko machines, they are roaming the world

    • @Moon8241113
      @Moon8241113 6 років тому

      that scared me to

  • @faked9963
    @faked9963 6 років тому +42

    This isn't something that I can do online now guys.

    • @AndrewPRoberts
      @AndrewPRoberts 6 років тому

      You just did learning

    • @Schoko4craft
      @Schoko4craft 6 років тому

      FakeDeath and its the internet. I think there will be a video where someone is turning this over and over 10 hours streight. Perfect random

  • @cr5678
    @cr5678 5 років тому +121

    The specific Galton board he’s using, made of nothing more than basic metal and plastic, costs $65 on amazon

    • @kyanovp1915
      @kyanovp1915 5 років тому +22

      *The more you know*

    • @rapmastac1362
      @rapmastac1362 4 роки тому +2

      @JoexCool Yeah, but software is on it too.

    • @keagster31
      @keagster31 4 роки тому +5

      RapMastaC1 last time I checked software wasn’t the main thing raising the price of a computer...

    • @dlol.
      @dlol. 4 роки тому +15

      It’s because of the small balls, the paint (minor), and the tolerances for the plastic
      Also the wood would cost some
      Also they need some profit

    • @justhasan8423
      @justhasan8423 3 роки тому +1

      Dlol. Change the word some for 'a stupidly large amount of'

  • @tristanmartin5455
    @tristanmartin5455 5 років тому +2

    Michael you are such a good teacher you make me want to learn more, I remember learning the concept of squaring binomials in 11th grade and I absolutely hated it; but worse, didn't understand the concept so I kept failing my tests. I actually learned the concept by watching your video, it just clicked! What I previously dreaded to do is now it's such a fun little math trick to me. Thank you so much :)

  • @ninadmilindjoshi
    @ninadmilindjoshi 6 років тому +324

    Hey Dong, you have missed that Pascal's Triangle also gives powers of 11. Starting from the 0th Row,
    11^0 = 1
    11^1 = 11
    11^2 = 121
    11^3 = 1331
    And so on...

    • @RAyLV17
      @RAyLV17 6 років тому +75

      doesn't work after 11^5

    • @simone3042
      @simone3042 6 років тому +5

      Ninad Joshi tartaglia

    • @garx0
      @garx0 6 років тому +50

      Rafay Alvi it works if you substitute numbers from
      triangle instead of digits in another representation of decimal number:
      1*1000+3*100+3*10+1=1331=11^3
      1*100000+5*10000+10*1000+10*100+5*10+1=11^5
      or do transformations:
      1,5,10,10,5,1
      ->1,6,0,10,5,1
      ->1,6,1,0,5,1
      161051=11^5

    • @LudwigvanBeethoven2
      @LudwigvanBeethoven2 6 років тому +2

      Base 10?

    • @Quasarbooster
      @Quasarbooster 6 років тому +30

      One could say he implicitly covered it since 11^n = (10+1)^n

  • @user-uq1sc3ir2k
    @user-uq1sc3ir2k 6 років тому +73

    6:33 quick maths

    • @okayge_
      @okayge_ 6 років тому +1

      Stop.

    • @twistedgwazi5727
      @twistedgwazi5727 6 років тому

      This meme is unfunny and dead. It never was funny.

    • @Suamere
      @Suamere 6 років тому +1

      Lol, this joke is hot.

    • @twistedgwazi5727
      @twistedgwazi5727 6 років тому

      TheEyeKing Use commas, "darling."

    • @AlternateRye
      @AlternateRye 6 років тому

      GD MCB_Blazar There was no need for a comma in his statement, darling.

  • @XLatMaths
    @XLatMaths 3 роки тому +2

    Showed this to my A-Level Statistics class for Binomial approximations to the Normal Distribution and Central Limit Theorem, great stuff.

  • @RichGreene1
    @RichGreene1 4 роки тому +1

    Dude...where where you when I was in school. I struggled with this stuff my whole life (graduate, post grad, and doctoral degrees). Finally, at 58 this is so clear. Cant wait to watch your other videos. Thanks!

  • @peeweevle2238
    @peeweevle2238 6 років тому +49

    U scare me. And hurt my head. And make my loins warm

    • @vsauce4678
      @vsauce4678 6 років тому +3

      Peeweevle what a wonderful comment

  • @joeyebeling7681
    @joeyebeling7681 6 років тому +28

    That's crazy! A natural way of finding the coefficients of powered binomials is mind blowing. I had no idea about this. Does this mean that if we did this triangle in 3-dimensions that we would be able to find the coefficients of a trinomial?
    None of your videos has every made me this excited. Thank you!

    • @abhishekmewar671
      @abhishekmewar671 6 років тому

      Any trinomial can be further categorised into a binomial for instance.(a+b+c)^n=(x+c)^n;
      x=a+b; and so on.
      And as far as a triangle in 3D is concernedit would be a pyramidal shape with each of the four planes along the sides would be represented by a Pascal triangle consisting of the combination of one of the ordered pairs of (x,y),(y,z) and (z,x)

    • @treees420
      @treees420 6 років тому +1

      Abhishek Mewar don't you mean a triangular prism?

    • @ethanjensen661
      @ethanjensen661 6 років тому +2

      Yes! It's called Pascal's tetrahedron. I came up with a way of finding coefficients at any triangle layer

  • @DadBodDrumming
    @DadBodDrumming 4 роки тому +2

    This is basically the 'Plinko Board" on The Price Is Right. EXCEPT there, most of the chips fall outside and NOT inside. Kind of like a reverse Galton Board...

  • @infoweeb4634
    @infoweeb4634 5 років тому +3

    They should use Pascal's Triangle in math classes to teach all of this stuff. It's such a simple and tangible representation of these concepts that take weeks of class time.

  • @bendingsands87
    @bendingsands87 6 років тому +381

    I'm curious to know how the result would look if only one ball were falling at a time without other balls behind it forcing it down. It is videos like this that can make kids fall in love with math. It is amazing the things you can predict with math.

    • @joaoliduario
      @joaoliduario 6 років тому +8

      I had the same thought. And they are not falling from exactly the same spot.

    • @tsaszymborska7389
      @tsaszymborska7389 6 років тому +13

      Exactly. The opening should be narrower. But then it would often be clogged, so this is probably the best compromise.

    • @brucebeverly2629
      @brucebeverly2629 6 років тому +54

      bendingsands87 - You may see it in the Plinko pricing game on the TV show "The Price is Right." Drew Carey, the host, always instructs the contestant to drop only one puck into the pegs at a time. Interestingly, contestants choose differing drop points while trying to find the "lucky" spot. If they understood the normal distribution, they would only drop the puck from the center position directly above the $10,000 (highest) result.

    • @EpicFishStudio
      @EpicFishStudio 6 років тому +1

      and what interests mathematicans? questioning why all this works like it does, why would it be arbitrary...

    • @vakusdrake3224
      @vakusdrake3224 6 років тому +39

      If anything you ought to expect things to look more like a normal distribution without other factors like the balls hitting each other and messing with things.

  • @aherprasad
    @aherprasad 6 років тому +395

    Pewdiepie- MEME REVIEW👏👏
    Vsauce- Michael's Toy Reviews.

    • @widescreenproductions9346
      @widescreenproductions9346 6 років тому +4

      Prasad Aher how dare you compare these two

    • @santerirautamaa9479
      @santerirautamaa9479 6 років тому +5

      Pewdiepie, aka. Felix and Michael are both quite awesome. Chill, intelligent guys and both very entertaining. :)

    • @mattygmtg9755
      @mattygmtg9755 6 років тому +1

      pen island

  • @WorstZedTW
    @WorstZedTW 5 років тому

    This is the only episode I watch so far that I know, from everything from beginning to the end

  • @janetmichel3009
    @janetmichel3009 5 років тому +2

    Michael, your geeky excitement is so infectious that i end up getting excited with you even over topics that i didn’t think i would find interesting! Thank you for that!

  • @elyazidasri2968
    @elyazidasri2968 6 років тому +81

    10:44 That's some quality meme material.

    • @InsanePorcupine
      @InsanePorcupine 6 років тому +4

      I'm pretty sure he's fully aware at this point and just doing the random stuff to fuel the memes.

    • @samuelgonzalez4196
      @samuelgonzalez4196 6 років тому +1

      Call Dolan dark!!

  • @shubhamkhare8749
    @shubhamkhare8749 6 років тому +40

    The end of the video is the thumbnail
    This man is a Legend

    • @Cj-lu3pl
      @Cj-lu3pl 6 років тому +1

      SHUBHAM KHARE or the thumbnail is the end of the video...

    • @shubhamkhare8749
      @shubhamkhare8749 6 років тому +1

      Courtney Henry 🤔 hmmm...

  • @reedplaysgames
    @reedplaysgames 5 років тому +32

    10:30 got me so good I am dead now oooooof

  • @Julian-ej7tr
    @Julian-ej7tr 5 років тому +1

    Any intro to Michael's toys can be taken out of context and it's amazing

  • @MrPoeTrolling
    @MrPoeTrolling 6 років тому +586

    I wish he can be my teacher

    • @user-fe3gy1wf2r
      @user-fe3gy1wf2r 6 років тому +2

      he cant. he is just a person who is interested in scince the same as you. correct me if i have a mistake) Eng isnt my 1st language

    • @NationalPK
      @NationalPK 6 років тому +1

      Андрэ Баханов I forgive you (sorry for Anglish)

    • @SilvonYT
      @SilvonYT 6 років тому +24

      You like math? I thought you were more into Poe-a-tree.

    • @user-fe3gy1wf2r
      @user-fe3gy1wf2r 6 років тому

      National Pornographic lol thanks

    • @Alaska1925
      @Alaska1925 6 років тому +1

      could*

  • @fen4554
    @fen4554 6 років тому +406

    Mathematics summons information out of ether.

    • @EtherBotGames
      @EtherBotGames 5 років тому +9

      you called?

    • @arkaus8888
      @arkaus8888 5 років тому +1

      Luminiferous aether

    • @grandolddrummer
      @grandolddrummer 5 років тому +15

      Not really. Mathematics kind of IS the ether. All of the math that exists wasn't created; it was discovered. The structure of our universe caused mathematics to be the way that it is. It's been there all along waiting for someone to find it. There's plenty more out there too.

    • @gabrielabraga7624
      @gabrielabraga7624 5 років тому

      ^ Yep

    • @vc2702
      @vc2702 5 років тому +4

      Its crazy thats how most of us were taught at school. And that makes most math boring as hell. They teach us the math with out teaching us how and why they got the math problem. If teachers did it the other way around im sure most kids would think of math as fun and interesting.

  • @fotwen
    @fotwen 5 років тому +174

    What's with the spooky female at the beginning and the end?

  • @commentforthealgo5383
    @commentforthealgo5383 Рік тому +3

    that light + black board is so fun to look at.

  • @wishiwasabear
    @wishiwasabear 6 років тому +26

    Michael is evolving into Water from the Nile. And I'm thirsty for it

    • @supra107
      @supra107 6 років тому +2

      Grand Illusions from the Nile

    • @richardl1708
      @richardl1708 6 років тому

      Kuma lmfao

  • @ninnus12
    @ninnus12 6 років тому +17

    0:09 the one and only

  • @craigcorson3036
    @craigcorson3036 6 років тому

    One of the most interesting and entertaining videos of yours that I've seen. Very cool.

  • @shlok975
    @shlok975 5 років тому +8

    0:02 man,I was scared out of my life

  • @LolForFun422
    @LolForFun422 6 років тому +11

    This brought back so many memories from high school maths... Thanks for the throwback Michael! Great video!

  • @asho4821
    @asho4821 6 років тому +32

    6:35 quick math!

  • @flavioboscarol1555
    @flavioboscarol1555 5 місяців тому

    Fantastic and super explanation. It's not easy to explain....let alone captivate visitors on these matters. I repeat, excellent job.

  • @jean-pauljouet3407
    @jean-pauljouet3407 5 років тому +3

    Man I just learned about binomial distribution and the central limit theorem how cool

  • @100billionsubscriberswithn4
    @100billionsubscriberswithn4 6 років тому +61

    I came to see Vsauce not see a Konami executive explain Pachinko machines to me

    • @scorchedshadow
      @scorchedshadow 6 років тому

      Speaking of, Konami just revealed a new Yugioh card based on Kaibas Lotto machine in the Battle City Finals

    • @PantsB4Squares
      @PantsB4Squares 6 років тому

      scorchedshadow yougayho is still made?

  • @jixaw9383
    @jixaw9383 6 років тому +174

    I’d love to say “If only teachers taught it like this...” but that’s not true. You and I clicked on this video. It was us that said “I want to learn something”. In schools, unless it’s a class you are really passionate about, you won’t want to learn it because you aren’t asked to learn it. It’s just in our nature to do the opposite of what we’re told

    • @SternLX
      @SternLX 6 років тому +1

      Math class was the only class all through Jr High and High School I was always in a hurry to get to. I was one of those kids that worked far ahead in the Text book and outpace the class. Actually got in trouble for doing History Homework in Geometry class one day because I was so board. Rather fround upon to get ahead of the syllabus apparently.

    • @user-ft4pb5vb3e
      @user-ft4pb5vb3e 6 років тому

      SternLX
      Oh, trust me, where you excel in mathematics you make up for in English.
      Even if it's an ESL case, at least learn it well before you actually use it.

    • @memoboy4141
      @memoboy4141 6 років тому +5

      my math teacher actually taught us this

    • @user-ft4pb5vb3e
      @user-ft4pb5vb3e 6 років тому +1

      memo boy
      "Teached"
      What are you, a caveman? Learn English, jeez.

    • @memoboy4141
      @memoboy4141 6 років тому +2

      Na Zhao o jeez, no offence fam, i fixed it for ya

  • @thomasdalton9504
    @thomasdalton9504 3 роки тому +3

    Michael drawing X’s in math(s) as ‘x’ instead of ‘𝑥’ really messes with my ocd

  • @jlco
    @jlco 5 років тому +4

    6:23 Oh my goodness it's everywhere

  • @ImSkully
    @ImSkully 6 років тому +946

    so are we not going to talk about the awkward way he holds a marker to write on the board

    • @sarahkrzywicki1886
      @sarahkrzywicki1886 6 років тому +108

      Skully I would guess he's keeping his hand out of the way of what he's writing.

    • @ZomBeeNature
      @ZomBeeNature 6 років тому +25

      It's so secret that, if we talked about it, then someone would have to eliminate us... 😳

    • @connortoenail
      @connortoenail 6 років тому +23

      Maybe so he doesn't erase his hard work with his palm

    • @connortoenail
      @connortoenail 6 років тому +6

      These are all good guesses fam

    • @HuyV
      @HuyV 6 років тому +16

      How else would you hold it? Look at every teacher ever holding chalk to write on a blackboard. This is a black board using some more modern type of "chalk". Why would anyone hold differently...

  • @Greennoob2
    @Greennoob2 6 років тому +190

    I love this one especially. I can understand the maths and relate to this. Pretty cool

    • @TheRealSamSpedding
      @TheRealSamSpedding 6 років тому +21

      Oh yeah the maths is cool, but it’s seriously not coincidences. Have a look at the proofs for all these results and you’ll see why they’re all connected. That’s where the true beauty of maths lies, in the connection between seemingly unrelated ideas.

    • @aP1atypus
      @aP1atypus 6 років тому +22

      "I can understand the maths"
      "coincidences"
      gtfo

    • @JackCarver_Reporting_in
      @JackCarver_Reporting_in 6 років тому +11

      _"Pretty cool coincidences"_
      .... Just no.

    • @larryscott3982
      @larryscott3982 6 років тому +7

      Relevant Games
      You didn’t stand a chance of getting away with coincidences and math together.
      It’s good that you like the subject matter.

    • @olivetom1599
      @olivetom1599 6 років тому +1

      Any one can link or explain why this happens ?
      This blew my mind ....

  • @adveshdarvekar7733
    @adveshdarvekar7733 2 роки тому

    Finally I learned how to expand the 4th or more powers of (x+y). Thanks Michael. You teach better than anyone else!

  • @oliviaa7888
    @oliviaa7888 4 роки тому +3

    Why does math make me stop crying when it’s in video form, but makes me cry when it’s in test form?

  • @rahulsubramanian3417
    @rahulsubramanian3417 6 років тому +4

    Pascals triangle also represents the powers of 11 in each of its row. Eg, first row is 11, second row is 11^2, third row is 11^3 and so on...

    • @rahulsubramanian3417
      @rahulsubramanian3417 6 років тому

      transylvanian oh yeah.. i didn't check it that far. But hey this is cool too

  • @CriticalMonkey623
    @CriticalMonkey623 6 років тому +3

    That was the best intro to a vsauce video I have ever seen
    And that's saying a lot

  • @infernium1482
    @infernium1482 5 років тому +1

    This man just made math look like fun

  • @Donbros
    @Donbros 3 роки тому

    I defintely was learning in 2016, but it still fun to watch again with actual board

  • @Sollace
    @Sollace 6 років тому +463

    What the hell was that at 10:30!?

    • @robertkiss2350
      @robertkiss2350 6 років тому +254

      It was randomness.

    • @et496
      @et496 6 років тому +20

      Also watch the Galton board

    • @et496
      @et496 6 років тому +6

      And he might have flipped the black board over

    • @et496
      @et496 6 років тому +5

      Which had his wife

    • @Sollace
      @Sollace 6 років тому +25

      Huh. Now I see it. I slowed it down an it definitely looks like the back of a woman. Before I just saw something that looked like a gorey mophead creature.

  • @BK01012
    @BK01012 6 років тому +29

    0:08 i can see the memes

  • @theeiwryuhuihdfulriegbe6177
    @theeiwryuhuihdfulriegbe6177 5 років тому +3

    You should also mention about alternating sign changes when it’s (a-b)^n.

  • @editname6868
    @editname6868 5 років тому +17

    0:02 Bloody Mary?

  • @carjohnson9729
    @carjohnson9729 6 років тому +4

    Michael is legit a legend. Memes aside, the Vsauce channels are some of my favorites on the entire youtube platform. Keep on teaching Vsauce, you guys are the best!

  • @gok7393
    @gok7393 6 років тому +9

    That intro almost gave me a heart attack

  • @PJB4453
    @PJB4453 5 років тому +1

    I live when you find things related in math, like how the Fibby can be derived from a Pascal's Triangle. It's amazing

  • @danielgebert4556
    @danielgebert4556 4 роки тому +2

    I would love to see how Michael would make and teach a high school math curriculum. I think the way he relates math to many other things might help some of that procedural math stick better in young minds, and maybe help with correlative thinking in other classes.