A Galton board demonstrates that even when individual outcomes are chaotic and random with unknowable results, precise statements can be made about the distribution of large numbers of events across different outcome categories.

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Unidentified Speaker — But what is the Central Limit Theorem? [zeJD6dqJ5lo]

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This is a Galton board. Maybe you've seen one before, it's a popular demonstration of how, even when a single event is chaotic and random, with an effectively unknowable outcome, it's still possible to make precise statements about a large number of events

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But what is the Central Limit Theorem?3Blue1Brown
Created: 8/10/2026, 3:51:19 PM

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