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The Strange Math That Predicts (Almost) Anything

Veritasium · 13.2M views · 2025-07-25 · 32:32

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Overview

A Veritasium video on how a feud between Russian mathematicians led to Markov chains and the modern prediction algorithms built on them. It covers the history and the math behind them.

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HN recommends it as an excellent, detailed history of Markov chains, often in threads on Markov models and language models.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2025–2025

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satvikpendem · 2025-07 · Recommendation

I assume OP watched this excellent Veritasium video about Markov and his chains [0] and posted this article which was referenced in that video. [0] [VIDEO]

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jcynix · 2025-09 · Reference

Ah, yes, Markov chains. A long time agoMark V. Shaney [LINK] was designed by Rob Pike and posted on Usenet. And Veritasium's video "The Strange Math That Predicts (Almost) Anything" talks in detail about the history of Markov chains: [VIDEO]

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sceadu · 2025-08 · Reference

not sure if it counts as a list of case studies, but a relevant and recent video nonetheless [VIDEO] also in general bayesian statistics random medium article: [LINK]

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