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What is Random?

Vsauce - 2014-07-16

There's more over on Veritasium! "What is NOT Random?": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMb00lz-IfE
SOURCES AND MORE BELOW!

My twitter: https://twitter.com/tweetsauce
My instagram: http://instagram.com/electricpants

Generate random numbers using atmospheric noise: http://www.random.org/

randomness:

http://www.random.org/randomness/
http://www.random.org/analysis/
http://faculty.rhodes.edu/wetzel/random/mainbody.html
http://faculty.rhodes.edu/wetzel/random/level23intro.html
https://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~chaitin/sciamer.html

flipping a coin until 10 heads happen in a row: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwvIGNXY21Y

rolling dice until you get a Yahtzee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiTwar7mFws

find word in YouTube video URLs with this in Google: allinurl:[your word here] site:youtube.com/watch

"Random" as slang:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/31/magazine/31FOB-onlanguage-t.html?_r=3&ref=on_language
http://www.theawl.com/2011/03/our-obsession-with-the-word-random-fear-of-a-millennial-planet

The many sides of dice: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Dice_by_number_of_sides#D100

non-transitive dice: http://mathsgear.co.uk/products/non-transitive-grime-dice

Checking the fairness of dice:

http://www.awesomedice.com/blog/353/d20-dice-randomness-test-chessex-vs-gamescience/
http://www.1000d4.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dice-unified-final-big.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKhpYJzCcSw
http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/That's_How_I_Roll_-_A_Scientific_Analysis_of_Dice
http://www.insidescience.org/blog/2012/09/12/dice-rolls-are-not-completely-random

A fancy super-fair die: 

http://kotaku.com/the-most-technologically-advanced-six-sided-die-ever-1183763055

coin-flipping odds: 

http://econ.ucsb.edu/~doug/240a/Coin%20Flip.htm
[PDF] http://statweb.stanford.edu/~susan/papers/headswithJ.pdf
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~chance/chance_news/recent_news/chance_news_11.02.html#item2

a nickel landing on it's side:

http://labs.adsabs.harvard.edu/adsabs/abs/1993PhRvE..48.2547M/
[PDF]: http://arxiv.org/pdf/1008.4559.pdf

a book that will keep you guessing: http://www.amazon.com/Million-Random-Digits-Normal-Deviates/dp/0833030477/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

17 'feels' random: http://scienceblogs.com/cognitivedaily/2007/02/05/is-17-the-most-random-number/

How to be random (er.. wandom): http://www.wikihow.com/Be-Random

Bell's inequality: 

http://drchinese.com/David/Bell_Theorem_Easy_Math.htm
http://www.felderbooks.com/papers/bell.html
http://www.quantiki.org/wiki/Bell's_theorem

Bell's inequality videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-s3q9wlLag
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zfnvGXpy-g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd-tKr0LJTM

You can't even handle how wandom and quirky I am: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STSNHeAtETM

160 Greatest Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDxn0Xfqkgw

MASSIVEMASTIFF9 - 2020-01-15

Vsauce at his wedding

“I do.... or, do I?”

idon'tevenknowanymore - 2020-03-03

Wolfi Hraje #2
Based

Sugma Aperture - 2020-03-05

MASSIVEMASTIFF9,

HEY... VSAUCE HERE. Why, do I? Well...

danutzy 123mai - 2020-03-07

@Wolfi Hraje #2 I don't think I want to engage that deep with a women
I'm 29 and met a lot of girls
1/2 marriages end up in divorce and a marriage is too serious to me

Wolfi Hraje #2 - 2020-03-07

@danutzy 123mai woman*

Alex Gibbs - 2020-03-08

@Wolfi Hraje #2 or is it?

AlgaePalJoe - 2019-11-06

Everybody gangsta till vsauce says “or is it?”

Virat Kohli - 2020-02-03

@xo fudgy Joe Mama

Rodri G - 2020-02-07

Or are we?

Hunni - 2020-02-16

Or are they?

VIVIANA Montoya Velez - 2020-02-23

! *(($($($'!

Modesto Rosado - 2020-02-28

Vsauce: "it seems like i am in my limit...
Or is it?"
*Teleports behind you
"Nothin personel kid"

Benjamin Knuutila - 2019-06-12

Michael is the guy who explains 10 questions when you only ask 1.

_ Jerax101_ - 2020-01-05

Micheal is the guy who answers 10 questions if u dont even ask one

Mister Ringgit - 2020-01-13

Or is it?

sarikatimmi - 2020-01-15

Benjamin Knuutila then the background on numbers and links to vids on the abacus, prime numbers, factorials, infinity, jews

Alex Gibbs - 2020-03-08

But raises 30 more you didn't even click for

KittyCup 555 - 2019-11-13

Every Vsauce video ever:
starts out with a simple question
gets complicated
ends with an existential crisis

*before i say this, i’m gay* - 2020-02-20

KittyCup 555 it’s more like

random fact
transition into a simple question
gets more complicated
ends with an existential crisis
“and as always...”

Logik426 - 2020-02-21

@Felix Roux OK I GOT IT. Viisaus is finnish word that means Wisdom. So he says Hey Wisdom, Michael here.

Alvaro Hernani - 2020-02-22

O does it?

wilmer mendez - 2020-02-25

Vsauce is us, the viewers, he mentioned it in the lex fridman podcast

Tom Riddle - 2020-02-27

you missed that part where Michael says,
oR iS iT?

The_DankSmith - 2019-10-17

VSauce: What is real randomness?


Me: YouTube recommendations

Chezta Ahmad - 2020-02-18

RnG on a gacha game.

YouTube police - 2020-02-20

Or Is It?

Nika Arveladze - 2020-02-26

fax

maruftim - 2020-03-01

bruh so true

CARAMBA - 2019-05-21

"What is Random?"


Middle school white girls: "Hold my Starbucks"

kassie the CaT - 2019-12-04

@Gold_ 2474 or does it?

Jo Kah - 2020-01-12

@Amethyst Girl is that a genuine question? Or just making fun?

Coolkat Gaming - 2020-01-21

@Gold_ 2474 i LOVE ur profile picture! R u a fan of space X?

Skeletor Myah - 2020-02-18

No no no, that's ratchet

ITZ ALEX - 2020-02-21

They be like: OMG thats SO RANDOM

HyperStrike - 2019-12-01

"Lets stop being ran-dumb, and become ran-smart"

Toby The Kitty Cat - 2020-02-28

HyperStrike underrated comment XD

XANIMATELEAGUE - 2019-12-24

I wonder what normal conversations are like with Michael. :>

Al3xh413 - 2020-02-13

@XANIMATELEAGUE ....Or do we?

poiewhfopiewhf - 2020-02-23

it depends if he is sitting on your face

IUtrumpetboy - 2020-02-23

Watch him on Joe Rogan podcast

leErik - 2020-02-25

@poiewhfopiewhf that would be my honor

Schnitzel Biscuits 911 - 2019-09-23

Me: I'm bouta use a random number generator
Vsauce: OR ArE YOu

VerboseQuestion - 2019-09-26

Random number generators are cool,


but whats the brightest thing in the universe????

Ollympus - 2019-10-09

@VerboseQuestion to find the answer, we must turn the sun into a black hole

Amethyst Girl - 2019-11-19

@Ollympus then you must boil eggs by yeeting them at a speed of 1800mph

Gamer Guy - 2020-01-01

Nice

YouTube police - 2020-01-14

@Gamer Guy you are poop nose

nathan255 - 2019-05-26

Me: Oh cool! A collab with Veritasium
6 minutes in: Derek? are you there?

BARAFURRYPRON - 2019-11-20

@Amethyst Girl i fucken dare you to google my name

Godlyvex5 - 2020-01-19

@BARAFURRYPRON yo ua re an er d

I eat Napkins - 2020-01-22

@Amethyst Girl how is that even a spoiler

Amethyst Girl - 2020-01-22

@I eat Napkins r/whoooosh

[screams in Russian] - 2020-02-20

@Amethyst Girl bad joke

SSuper Pro! - 2019-11-02

Friend: heads or tails.
Me: heads.
lands on side

Perseverer One - 2019-12-10

If it's on the side it can be decided by the rock, paper, scissors game

None Yobiz - 2019-12-14

Friend: wtf

Gamer Guy - 2020-01-01

Nice

Python Animations - 2020-02-08

No game no life reference

Rosa Davila - 2020-02-20

Perseverer One True

MoNkEyBuTtS1? - 2019-05-19

4:07 the chair says “I like worms.”

Aiden Roth - 2020-02-01

@Cameron August same tho

That tarantula girl Girl - 2020-02-20

Wow that’s so random!

Cocolocobirb - 2020-02-26

i l i k e w o r m s

Reda Kharoubi - 2020-02-28

Does this mean chairs talk?

Alden Johnson - 2017-12-27

Nothing is more random than your upload schedule.

Ezzeldin mohammed - 2019-12-01

@MiiWoomy are eggstremely tasty

DragonsRage 136 - 2020-01-07

Alden Johnson hi from 2 years in the future

AetheralMeowstic - 2020-01-12

Gyar shniffé!

Flan Ben Flen - 2020-02-08

@꧁꧂ holy shit that's an epic name

ethan 662 - 2020-02-15

Someone take a picture of this thread.

COCONUT GUN - 2019-08-02

I still love the fact that when the non-transitive die finally didn't roll a 5...the other die rolls a 5
There is no escape.

Thedumb Bro - 2019-11-05

I'm going to stop watching before Michael asks if atoms have emotions

Man Sheiky - 2020-02-13

Or will you ?

Ashlone Fusk - 2020-03-05

actually, they have, we are all atoms

Man Sheiky - 2020-03-05

Ashlone Fusk or are we

Ashlone Fusk - 2020-03-05

@Man Sheiky but first we need to know what is "or"

Nikhil Kannan Kutty - 2019-12-03

"Let us stop being Ran-dumb and be Ran-smart" - Michael

Unique Gaming - 2020-02-27

Or will we?

Antonio D'Agostino - 2019-10-26

"The most random thing Is YouTube reccomended."

Whyns - 2020-02-08

Or is it?

YouTube police - 2020-02-20

Or Is It?

Angel Mendez-Rivera - 2020-02-21

YouTube police LMAO

Psychopathe bienveillant - 2020-02-24

@Whyns pls stop I can no more

VIRounds - 2019-06-20

4:05


I like worms




Now that’s random.

Incorporated Inc.TM - 2019-09-21

Or do you?

Siferon - 2019-12-30

i never expected to look at the word "i like worms" cut into a bench at a park when i first woke up for the first time

Rosa Davila - 2020-02-20

Or is it?

Fucked Up - 2020-02-26

or is it ? ... you see the likelyness of him sitting on that bench because of the words is very high about 74,55555%

David Acosta - 2019-12-08

Who is joe?

Joe momma

Or is she?

Jimin Cheon - 2020-01-13

Me: google, generate a random number from 1 to 100

Vsauce: Hey Vsauce, Michael here.

Me: shuts down computer

Also, what does "I like worms" have to do with anything? Was it planned, or was it ...random??? 3:54

Angel Herrera - 2019-05-30

My Friend: I lost to RNG!

Me:

Kokiri Kid - 2019-12-30

I lost the run to RNG Dude!

Angel Mendez-Rivera - 2020-02-21

OR DID YOU?

Lord Cat - 2016-08-28

How does this man sleep at night with this info pressing on the inside of his skull?

Tuber You - 2018-05-09

He's not expressing these ideas based only on his own knowledge of the subject. The words and concepts are the result of a group effort. Everything is discussed before hand by a group of people that are researching the topic. The end results of this process are used to generate a script which Michael mostly reads off of a TelePrompTer. He does occasionally ad lib to keep the feel loose and also memorizes sections that he can't physically read off the TelePrompTer while doing whatever he needs to do. So, in fact, all of the often bizarre concepts in all Vsauce videos are not pressing on the inside of his scull and he sleeps just fine....Or does he?

911.Pravda.cz - 2018-05-31

If you all were reading about 100 books a year, I think that you may be knowledgeable like him. I´m planning to have channel like his and I will read a lot of books.

Chris Smith - 2019-10-29

@The Ginga Ninja that is epic 😂

Olga Rykov - 2019-12-16

It isn't pressing, it's floating in special fluid inside of his skull, which he talks about in his Alzheimer video.

Gustavo Souza - 2019-12-23

he doesnt. why do you think he's balding? stress, of course

Kris G - 2019-06-15

0:10 Derek standing there, waiting for that "or is it?" moment, thinking "I'm right here, next to this meme lord i this viral video"


SUFFERING FROM SUCCESS

Chronic Randomness - 2019-05-28

Precise coinflip: here I go!
Air molecule: time to die

Traffixcone - 2019-06-02

Or is it

dudestop - 2019-11-16

Vsauce: random means strange.

Random person, stranger. Right?

Nikkie - 2019-12-22

The annoying girl: ahhahah, I'm so random!
Me after watching Vsauce: Or are you?

Nick Dziura - 2016-08-09

I get a tingly feeling every time he says "or is it"

Nicky Valdez - 2019-07-24

?It is or

DogeMcMeow oof - 2019-07-25

Now thats just a theory

Nuggetzz - 2019-08-29

Nick Dziura thats random lol

Incorporated Inc.TM - 2019-09-21

@Woop Woop No I'm the doctor, very easy mistake to make 'cause of the eyebrows

Wooddent - 2019-09-29

Where?

Inigo Diaz - 2019-11-25

"I like worms"
- some random bench somewhere

Haider Allana - 2020-01-30

Or is it?

Алексей Кулаков - 2019-06-13

Russo Brothers: Avengers Endgame is the most epic crossover ever.
Michael and Derek: hold our laptop.

gama tastica - 2020-03-08

"What is random?"

Fake quirky girls: the expert

SlamaWolf - 2019-06-10

Here is a random sentence:
Where are your fingers?

ok ok ok - 2019-10-09

@theunnamedgamer 187 y e s

xo fudgy - 2019-11-17

only sometimes

Amethyst Girl - 2019-11-20

O r a r e t h e y ?

Apple Draws Stuff - 2019-11-28

And how much does it weigh?

verooo ooo - 2019-12-27

@Apple Draws Stuff and how do they taste?

Haniff Mohd - 2019-05-08

Referee : head or tail?
Me : what coin are we using?

Orhun Yeldan - 2020-01-17

me: THE EDGE

Haig Mactaggart - 2020-01-22

1 dollar bill

RaydyFetch - 2020-02-06

the ball

Pepermint 787 - 2020-02-07

The 3€ one

Yes - 2020-02-15

The Drachma

Maimo Moline - 2019-08-12

1920: I closed my eyes, I moved to a random direction an I opened my eyes another time...
2019: LOL THIS MEME IS SO RANDOM XD

TVFilthyAmit - 2019-08-23

At least you didn't like your own comment, you earned the medal of honor

Bettina Mahor - 2019-09-27

"God may play dice with the universe, but they are the best dice in the universe." -Michael Stevens, 2014.

Reid Gowan - 2019-06-05

Day 17894: I’ve been stuck in the loop of Vsauce and Veritasium’s videos for longer than I thought I could live. It’s getting to be too much. Send help.

Gav C - 2019-12-01

"What is random???"

Me: this in my reccomended

CoolDaddyJames79 - 2019-12-22

You know what is random ....



That spelling of recommended

MeyaS - 2020-01-09

@CoolDaddyJames79 even more random is commenting a 6 years old film

Flan Ben Flen - 2020-02-08

@MeyaS You know what's universally random?


Calling a video a film.

Rosa Davila - 2020-02-20

Or is it?

Bon SM - 2019-12-13

Title: Random
Vídeo: Dices
Conclusion: Quantom Physics
Hotel: Trivago

Azwar Trap - 2020-01-08

Funny

SloppySlime31 - 2020-03-08

video about random

“I like worms” on bench (it’s a random sentence)

Coincidence? I THINK NOT!

Pozeus - 2020-02-10

When u say a word so much that it starts to sound weird.

Lance Littleton - 2020-01-29

2:49 "Stop all the dowloadin' " Hahaha I had no idea he was into the dubbed GI Joe PSA's 😂

Happy Fakeboulder - 2019-06-19

"God may play dice with the universe, but they are the best dice in the universe." -- Michael Stevens, 2014

UnearthlyChild - 2019-10-09

"It actually has a 51% chance! but in this case it was the other side"

Lazy Aviator - 2019-06-20

Micheal:
Hey I’m Micheal!


Or is it?

EljOt - 2019-12-27

Michael*
Or am I*

JacksSlayer499 Cresencio - 2019-12-29

@EljOt Or is it?

EljOt - 2020-02-16

@JacksSlayer499 Cresencio to get to the bottom of what's up, or wazuuuuuuuuuuup, as the cool kids are saying nowadays, we must ask ourselves what does Earth really look like?

Tuna - 2020-02-22

My friend: Tails or head?

Me: Give me 12 minutes.

Alec LaHue - 2019-11-17

"I like worms" written on a bench. Seems pretty random to me...

dinosaurinho15 - 2019-06-23

Math Class:


Teacher: 1 + 1 equals 2.
Michael: Or is it?

umlaut - 2020-02-23

ordazit

Impro - 2019-12-20

It is randome that the video is 11 minutes long and 11 seconds long (11:11)



Or is it?

Adrian Wittgen - 2019-09-05

Length of video: 11:11






Random?... I dont think so!

Ze_eTPlays - 2019-10-09

The "I'M SO RANDOM (DEAL WITH IT)" video is 00:11 long too.

TheFlyingPiggy - 2018-12-11

at 4:20 it says "i like worms" on the bench behind him. thats pretty random.







Or is it?

C.I.A - 2019-11-12

What happens at 0:69 or 1:69 or 2:69..... You might thinks dunno then realise that is impossible because you can only have 60s in a min YET it actually translates to 0:69=1:03 1:69=2:03 2:69=3:03...OR DOES IT? (it doesnt its actually 3:09 ect)

KittyCup 555 - 2019-11-13

TheFlyingPiggy 4:20... Nice

Amethyst Girl - 2019-11-20

@͔ nya nya kawaii desu konichiwa baka senpai

Amethyst Girl - 2019-11-20

@theguywiththecoolprofilepicture says the guy who can't spell

͔ - 2019-11-20

@Amethyst Girl What? I only used Google Translate, okay?

a_aav - 2019-11-19

The most random thing is the recommendation system on YouTube.