The origin of countless conspiracy theories - PatrickJMT

Why can we find geometric shapes in the night sky? How can we know that at least two people in London have exactly the same number of hairs on their head? And why can patterns be found in just about any text — even Vanilla Ice lyrics? PatrickJMT describes the Ramsey theory, which states that given enough elements in a set or structure, some interesting pattern among them is guaranteed to emerge.

Lesson by PatrickJMT, animation by Aaron, Sean & Mathias Studios.

[Revanaught]

Reminds me of a quote, who I can't remember who it's from, "If you look for something hard enough, you're guaranteed to find it, whether it's actually there or not."

[paullenoue]

Three conspiracy theorists walk into a bar...

YOU CAN'T TELL ME THAT'S JUST A COINCIDENCE!

[FRISHR]

Not to be confused with Ramsay Theory, where your meat is raw because you forgot the Lamb Sauce.

[theriffwriter]

Its also worth mentioning that it took math professors at MIT three years to make a program that can truly create "random" numbers. Because after a number gets high enough, a pattern will always emerge.

[francesca]

I want to write a book: a best of conspiracy theories. At the end, on the last page, I'm going to write a note that says "circle every first letter and find the hidden message" and the message would be the Ramsey Theory.

[fadiw]

Man I love this channel, I wish my school was this interesting.

[akidforever]

that is why when you play music on shuffle it can sometimes seem that it's not shuffling well and some songs seem to line up in weird ways

[krisztianszirtes]

So in short: If pi has my phone number in it, it's either a coincidence or William Jones was a prophet. I think it's the latter

[soslothful]

The Ramsey Theory is a conspiracy to discount conspiracy theories.

[RKNGL]

I thought Ramsey theory was that by filleting your enemies they would no longer have secrets.

[danielhale]

Conspiracy theories also serve a deep emotional need to be special, to be right about something, or to explain why one's life isn't going the way they want. When you show insufficient enthusiasm for someone's conspiracy claims, they interpret that as a *very* personal and violent attack against them, and may launch into an aggressive counterattack. I avoid conversations with (or even proximity to) certain family members because of this. :/

[georgyorgy]

Because of this man, I scored an A+ in Calculus 1, 2, and 3. This dude's a legend!

[brandonhall]

A sceptic will disagree with a position but they will respect the evidence. A conspiracy theorist will disagree with a position and ignore the evidence.

[Lesliegarza]

I'm so glad PatrickJMT did this! His math tutorials got me through high school!

[coreylando]

Obviously two bald people in London will have the same number of hairs on their head. Not impressed, TED-Ed.

[Phantominfernox]

Glad to see Patrick getting recognition outside his channel.

[anoushkajain]

PatrickJMT
Thank you for this lesson and thank you for all the maths lessons you have shared on YouTube.
Cannot thank you enough

[superstrong]

Coming after me on my computer now are you?! I'll make a tin hat for my computer too!

[Stvz]

I'm not sure if the 6 people at a party bit was poorly explained or I'm just being dense.

[actfree]

The variety in art style really keeps me coming back.