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Certainty Is Overrated

NOVA Now by GBH

Aug 25, 202625:15Science & Medicine

Jordan Ellenberg finds mathematical certainty overrated. Calming our fear of the unknown, the mathematician joins Hakeem to explore why math, contrary to popular belief, is less about proof and more about probability. He...

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