I saw a great twitter thread earlier in the week:
With the results and the code presented so nicely, diving into Polya’s Urn with my younger so this weekend was a no brainer!
I started by explaining the problem and asking for his thoughts. His intuition about how the game and how it would play out was fascinating to hear:
After he explained what he thought would happen, we played the game once:
Next we went to the computer to explore the game in more detail. Before diving in, though, I had my son explain Carreira’s code:
Finally, we played the game a few times and looked at the different outcomes. The results really are amazing. Hopefully we’ll do a follow up project tomorrow:
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