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Best Probability & game theory videos, as recommended on Hacker News

46 videos about probability & game theory that Hacker News commenters keep recommending, mentioned between 2012 and 2026. Mostly explainer, talk, lecture. Channels that come up most: Veritasium, Numberphile, CGP Grey, Stand-up Maths. Sorted by how consistently HN recommended them over the years.

The most recommended is Why Being Delusional is a Superpower: Linked in threads about meritocracy, careers and startups as a reminder that luck shapes who ends up on top.

• explainerWhy Being Delusional is a SuperpowerVeritasium · 9 HN recommenders · 2020–2024
• explainerWhy Your Vote Doesn't CountCGP Grey · 10 HN recommenders · 2015–2025
• explainerOnce you understand game theory, you understand the world.Veritasium · 10 HN recommenders · 2023–2026
• explainerThe Voting System That Should Replace Every ElectionCGP Grey · 7 HN recommenders · 2012–2021
• othergolden balls. the weirdest split or steal ever!spinout3 · 5 HN recommenders · 2012–2025
• explainerHow lucky is too lucky?: The Minecraft Speedrunning Dream Controversy ExplainedStand-up Maths · 5 HN recommenders · 2021–2025
• explainerAnimated Voting MethodsUnify The Vote · 3 HN recommenders · 2018–2022
• explainerThe medical test paradox, and redesigning Bayes' rule3Blue1Brown · 4 HN recommenders · 2020–2025
• explainerIs AI Safety a Pascal's Mugging?Robert Miles AI Safety · 3 HN recommenders · 2019–2026
• explainerHow our voting system (and IRV) betrays your favourite candidateThe Center for Election Science · 5 HN recommenders · 2014–2023
• lecture2. Behavioral EvolutionStanford · 3 HN recommenders · 2016–2021
• explainerWhy do competitors open their stores next to one another? - Jac de HaanTED-Ed · 3 HN recommenders · 2015–2025
• explainerRandomness is Random - NumberphileNumberphile · 4 HN recommenders · 2019–2022
• talkJohn Rauser keynote: "Statistics Without the Agonizing Pain" -- Strata + Hadoop 2014O'Reilly · 3 HN recommenders · 2015–2025
• documentaryDerren Brown - The System (Full)ScepticaTV · 3 HN recommenders · 2013–2017
• talkA visual guide to Bayesian thinkingJulia Galef · 3 HN recommenders · 2017–2021
• lectureMath Encounters -- Five Balls, Two Hands: The Patterns of Juggling -- Colin Wright (Presentation)National Museum of Mathematics · 3 HN recommenders · 2017–2026
• lectureLecture 1: Probability and Counting | Statistics 110Harvard University · 3 HN recommenders · 2017–2018
• explainerHACKENBUSH: a window to a new world of mathOwen Maitzen · 3 HN recommenders · 2022–2025
• talkGDC 2010: Sid Meier Keynote - "Everything You Know is Wrong"GameSpot · 2 HN recommenders · 2014–2019
• explainerSimulating Green Beard AltruismPrimer · 3 HN recommenders · 2021–2021
• explainerThe Fermi Paradox: Dark Forest TheoryIsaac Arthur · 2 HN recommenders · 2019–2024
• explainerYou Can Win the Presidency With 22% of the VoteCGP Grey · 3 HN recommenders · 2015–2020
• interviewThe Best (and Worst) Ways to Shuffle Cards - NumberphileNumberphile · 3 HN recommenders · 2015–2026
• explainerBayes theorem, the geometry of changing beliefs3Blue1Brown · 2 HN recommenders · 2022–2024
• lectureJordan Peterson - Pareto DistributionsBite-sized Philosophy · 2 HN recommenders · 2017–2021
• explainerCambridge Ideas - Professor RiskCambridge University · 2 HN recommenders · 2013–2022
• explainerWhy is this number everywhere?Veritasium · 2 HN recommenders · 2024–2026
• explainerIf money was no object, should you run every medical test?Medlife Crisis · 2 HN recommenders · 2019–2024
• commentaryNaive empiricism, terrorism & Ebola.N N Taleb's Probability Questions · 2 HN recommenders · 2017–2021
• explainerMath MagicVsauce · 2 HN recommenders · 2016–2024
• explainerThe Bayesian TrapVeritasium · 2 HN recommenders · 2017–2024
• talkAI Ethics, Impossibility Theorems and Tradeoffs - Chris Stucchio | Crunch 2018CraftHub Events · 2 HN recommenders · 2019–2021
• explainerHow We Should Vote (Range Voting)Undefined Behavior · 3 HN recommenders · 2017–2019
• lectureClutching at Random Straws, Matt Parker | LMS Popular Lectures 2010London Mathematical Society · 2 HN recommenders · 2017–2024
• explainerSimulating alternate voting systemsPrimer · 2 HN recommenders · 2020–2026
• talkThe mathematics of love | Hannah FryTED · 1 HN recommender · 2021–2026
• explainerThe Lava Lamps That Help Keep The Internet SecureTom Scott · 1 HN recommender · 2017–2024
• explainerDarts in Higher Dimensions (with 3blue1brown) - NumberphileNumberphile · 1 HN recommender · 2021–2023
• explainerThe Unbeatable Game from the 60s: Dr NIMStand-up Maths · 1 HN recommender · 2016–2023
• explainerCrowd Wisdom PrinciplesHypermind · 1 HN recommender · 2023–2025
• explainerThe Strange Math That Predicts (Almost) AnythingVeritasium · 1 HN recommender · 2025–2025
• talkrand() Considered Harmfulaghuttun · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2025
• talkAntifragille: Things That Gain from Disorder | Nassim Nicholas Taleb | Talks at GoogleTalks at Google · 1 HN recommender · 2013–2023
• explainerBBC - The Code - The Wisdom of the Crowdtimb6 · 1 HN recommender · 2013–2016
• explainerBertrand's Paradox (with 3blue1brown) - NumberphileNumberphile · 1 HN recommender · 2022–2024