Darts in Higher Dimensions (with 3blue1brown) - Numberphile

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Published 2019-11-17

Grant Sanderson from 3Blue1Brown joins us to discuss an intriguing puzzle with a shrinking bullseye.
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All Comments (21)

@cupass6179 4 years ago

my parents: "are you ever gonna get a girlfriend?" me: "it's possible, it's just probability zero."
@3blue1brown 4 years ago

Thanks for having me on, this was a blast!
@thekingoffailure9967 4 years ago

Grant : Has unnecessarily expensive and fancy compass Also Grant: Uses random piece of cardboard as a "straight" edge
@DeepFriedOreoOffline 4 years ago

"Consistency is only a virtue if you're not a screw up." Grant Sanderson - 2019
@gz6616 4 years ago

One benefit of inviting 3blue1brown is that he does the animations himself.
@arvasukulkarni3686 4 years ago

Consistency is only a virtue if you’re not a screw up. -Grant Sanderson, 2019
@Thomas-vn6cr 4 years ago

Everybody gangster till the animated personified pi shows up.
@roberte.o.speedwagon6043 4 years ago

Lightning never strikes the same place twice 3B1B: Nay, but my darts shall!
@parv_verma 4 years ago

"I'm gonna try to make this a worse shot" hits the middle 3Blue1Brown Suffering from Success
@francescoghizzo 4 years ago

So, now the most calm and relaxing voice on youtube has also a face
@michaelheimburger1115 4 years ago

This is probably the best demonstration of a useful application of higher dimensional math that I've ever seen. Compressing a series of 2D coordinates into a single nD coordinate to get the probability of the whole set. Awesome!
@mrbangkockney 4 years ago

I’ve had an unhealthy relationship with e since the late 80s.
@PregmaSogma 4 years ago

I felt so weird watching this video, because 3blue1brown is talking but, with his face
@zachstar 4 years ago

One day I’m gonna prove Grant wrong and find the real number line out in nature.
@killermelga 4 years ago

Using a compass on a glass table with no protection below it. That mad lad
@ObviouslyASMR 3 years ago

19:53 you mean.. the Grant finale? 😏
@arthurdequeiroz8393 4 years ago

"Infinity War was the biggest crossover in history" Brady Haran: Hold my Brown paper
@rpyrat 4 years ago

"I'm gonna try to make this a worse shot" *proceeds to shoot exactly the same spot Merida style
@DarkWolfseternalfire 4 years ago

I am not a mathematician, most of the stuff on numberphile goes over my head but it is just SO satisfying to watch. For example, I have no idea what e is, I didn't understand anything past explaining what the game is, but it is so damn satisfying to watch, it's like wizardry
@utopes 3 years ago

I wasn’t sure whether I should make a pun about the vertical position of the very first dart thrown. Heck it, y-naught