🧠📉 The Stein Paradox EXPLAINED – The Most Mind-Bending Problem in Statistics

Professor Chris Oates walks us through one of the strangest results in all of statistics: the Stein Paradox.
At first glance, it seems completely counterintuitive — how can combining unrelated data points improve your estimations?

In this episode, we explore:

What the Stein Paradox is

Why it shocked the world of statistics

How it challenges your intuition about data

And why it's not really a paradox at all

If you love mathematical mysteries, paradoxes, and elegant theory — this is a must-watch.

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