How A Random System Can Actually Be Predictable
Veritasium
Jun 8, 2026 13:00
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The balls in a Galton board fall down randomly. Any time they come to a junction they can take any number of paths and it's almost impossible to accurately predict every ball's trajectory.
However, the system as a whole is predictable.
How can this be? How can random systems actually be predictable?
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