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Some clips of events that are "probably" never gonna happen. Tells the probability of each event occurring.

Something tells me this is more of a photoshop and film editing problem than a probability problem. :)

very funny! and great marketing!

Walk-through videos about some basic topics of probability. Scroll down on the right side to 'Probability ' to view the videos of that category

Interesting but a little morbid.

Interesting but a little morbid.

That's creepy.

Applications of conditional probability

Applications of conditional probability

Understanding Odds: Bayes Theorem

Understanding Odds: Bayes Theorem

Although I did not enter the debate, I remember the Marilyn vos Savant vs. the mathematicians episode. I was in high school at the time. Marilyn's solution is sound, and her tactics are indeed wise: to people who disagreed with her explanation, she suggested they simply experiment and see what they find. So both the Bayesian and frequency models of probability are brought into play here. Persi Diaconis, the carnival card shark turned Harvard mathematics professor who I mentioned in class, is also quoted in this article. The Marilyn vs. the Mathematicians rematch did not turn out so well for her. When Wiles and Taylor finally proved Fermat's Last Theorem, she pronounced it phony because she didn't understand it. The mathematical consensus remains that the proof is good.

That's a nice set of questions! Have you verified his calculations. It seems there's one bit of data he's assuming.

Yikes! A 45% chance of some kind of cancer. Not good news for those of us over 30.

Taking Bridge to another level

An open probability textbook by professors Grinstead and Snell (from Swarthmore and Dartmouth respectively) with solutions to odd exercises.

More colorful depictions of this South Philly institution

The official website