Random Events: An improbably elaborate classic finds order in chaos

A classic film finds order in randomness with the aid of some improbably elaborate sets Director: John Friedman Visual restoration: Tamur Qutab Audio restoration: Adam D’Arpino Watch 'Random Events' on Aeon: https://aeon.co/videos/a-classic-film-finds-order-in-randomness-with-the-aid-of-some-improbably-elaborate-sets Watch more free videos on Aeon: https://aeon.co/videos Subscribe to the Aeon Video newsletter: https://aeon.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=89c6e02ebaf75bbc918731474&id=7157ce880b Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aeonmag/ Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aeonmag Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/aeon.co The Physical Science Study Committee (PSSC) was formed in 1956 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with the mission to create science-education materials for US high-school classrooms. In this PSSC film from 1961, the physics professors J N Patterson Hume and Donald Ivey of the University of Toronto deploy their expertise – as well as some seriously elaborate sets – to demonstrate how, with enough data, highly predictable patterns can emerge from unpredictable events. This version of Random Events has been visually and aurally enhanced by the Aeon Video team. #probability #numbers #math