Channel: Wireless Philosophy

Category: Education

Tags: university of torontowiphiprobability theoryphilosophy of mathprobabilitykhan academyjoseph bertrandbas van fraassenvideophilosophyjonathan weisbergcoursebertrand's paradoxparadoxwireless philosophylecturemathpossibility

Description: In this Wireless Philosophy video, Jonathan Weisberg (University of Toronto) explains Bertrand's Paradox, a famous paradox in probability theory. Beginning with the square factory example, he talks about how Bertrand's Paradox reveals a puzzling problem for the principle of indifference and the implications of this paradox for scientific reasoning. Subscribe! bit.ly/1vz5fK9 More on Jonathan Weisberg: bit.ly/1sxHWPW ---- Wi-Phi @ YouTube: bit.ly/1PX0hLu Wi-Phi @ Khan Academy: bit.ly/1nQJcF7 Twitter: twitter.com/wirelessphi Instagram: @wiphiofficial Facebook: on.fb.me/1XC2tx3 ---- Help us caption & translate this video! amara.org/v/aKy6