The Secret of Snakes and Ladders

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Snakes and Ladders -- also called Chutes and Ladders in the US -- might look like a simple board game for kids, but it actually goes back thousands of years with deep, meaningful origins. And along the path of creating a morality-based game to help kids navigate the world around them, humans stumbled onto some pretty interesting math.
From reaching nirvana to exploring Markov chains, Snakes and Ladders weaves a surprisingly complex tale of virtue, vice, and dumb luck. So, I decided to electrify it. Literally.
Imaginative engineering KZfaqr Allen Pan of Sufficiently Advanced helped me customize an old Snakes and Ladders board by hooking up batteries to the board itself, with conductive position markers and steel line in the game pieces that could make a circuit all the way to the end. And at that final 100th space, a surprise mystery box that I’ve never seen before is activated…
And thanks to Allen Pan of Sufficiently Advanced for not burning my house down: / @allenpan
Chutes And Ladders 1943 Photo Courtesy of Toy Tales
toytales.ca/chutes-ladders-mi...
** SOURCES **
“Chutes and Ladders for the Impatient,” The College Mathematics Journal, January 2011, by Leslie A. Cheteyan, Stewart Hengeveld and Michael A. Jones: www.jstor.org/stable/10.4169/...
“How Long Is a Game of Snakes and Ladders?” The Mathematical Gazette, March 1993, by S. C. Althoen, L. King and K. Schilling: www.jstor.org/stable/3619261?...
“Markov Chains and Snakes and Ladders,” The Mathematical Gazette, December 1967, by D. E. Daykin, J. E. Jeacocke and D. G. Neal: www.jstor.org/stable/3612943?...
“Analysis of Chutes and Ladders,” February 2015: possiblywrong.wordpress.com/2...
“Analysis of Chutes and Ladders,” November 2011, by DataGenetics: datagenetics.com/blog/november...
“The Timelessness of Snakes and Ladders”: / the-timelessness-of-sn...
“Chutes and Ladders Began as a Game to Teach Morality 2,000 Years Ago”: curiosity.com/topics/chutes-a...
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@maeentell3259 4 жыл бұрын

Who's not surprised that Kevin found the meaning of life from a kid's game.

@Kibaoftheleaves 4 жыл бұрын

It was created with the meaning of life already instilled within in the year 200 BCE

@balckfire344 4 жыл бұрын

dude that the yu-gi-oh story.

@knallkul 4 жыл бұрын

@@Kibaoftheleaves don't you mean BC

@kinyutaka 4 жыл бұрын

@@knallkul BCE is the more correct term, since even biblical scholars agree that Jesus wasn't born in Year 1

@knallkul 4 жыл бұрын

@@kinyutaka what did the e stand for?

@Adomas_B 4 жыл бұрын

Stepping on the 99 space snake is like teacher asking to show your homework 1 minute before the class ends

@Pudcup 3 жыл бұрын

deep bro

@ozeruysal 2 жыл бұрын

yeah, so close to safety

@carlosnathanieljannjusonal4826 2 жыл бұрын

And then you get a 1

@carterbrown8447 2 жыл бұрын

Rolling a 2 after that is when the teacher is already mad for some reason and you have not done your homework

@sash6289 2 жыл бұрын

Ah teacher i cant hold my pee anymore i was waiting for class to end. Imma go to toilet now *runs to toilet*

@mafelfanai 4 жыл бұрын

When we were young, when you don't roll the exact number required at the end i.e. 2 for this instance, you go back the number of remainder of the numbers you rolled after you reached the finish. Though I think that's just a rule we made up.

@scottcarr9320 3 жыл бұрын

I would say that’s pretty common practice, either that or don’t move until you roll a good amount.

@whyamihere3954 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that rule would make the game twice as longer as luck isnt really always on my side when I play it

@MizhiBirb 3 жыл бұрын

me and my friends do that when we play snakes and ladders

@fos1451 3 жыл бұрын

F Mafela it’s in the official rule

@zacharyconcessio3970 3 жыл бұрын

We did thattoo

@_skzstay1264 4 жыл бұрын

Ok fun fact... or just something i realized when Kevin mentioned "Learning" and "Greed" Some Snakes and Ladders boards actually show these as scenes or pictures which depicts what he said, At a ladder, the square at the bottom of a ladder shows a child studying and at the top is the child graduating "Learning". Another example is a girl watering a plant and at the top shows flowers in full bloom "Perseverance or Patience" At Snakes, at the head is a boy holding a stick is chasing a dog and at the tail is the dog and the owner of the dog is scolding the boy "Karma or Cruelty." Those types of Board designs are actually common in our country (Philippines) (i dont know if it is in yours) and i never realized its meaning until now. I just thought of it as fun designs for children to look at.

@mityakiselev 3 жыл бұрын

I had something of the sort in Russia

@xexpaguette 3 жыл бұрын

We don't have that in Sudan

@frostbite5092 3 жыл бұрын

mas maraming hagdan yung version naten sa pinas

@60ritikanand69 3 жыл бұрын

This game was originally designed to show the path to moksha, the ultimate enlightenment. Snakes are the bad karma that would drag you down and ladders are good karma that would give you a boost. While dice represented the randomness of life. It's original name was, I think, mokshapattkam and it was primarily played by monks.

@aeshikagupta8163 3 жыл бұрын

I think I had a board with that kind of layout but I don't remember for sure

@jarredj5699 4 жыл бұрын

The fact that there’s no strategy to this game can also say that life is random

@nusswahl3032 3 жыл бұрын

It's just like grades

@twig4661 3 жыл бұрын

thats what i thought too... its just a simple dice rolling game if i remember right. no strategy involved

@adrianpulta1498 3 жыл бұрын

@@twig4661 Well atleast speedrunners have one. But it takes a lot of *Guts.* Not to mention -painful-

@abl9643 3 жыл бұрын

And also that you can win by using fraud, by using unbalanced dices

@brendan2754 3 жыл бұрын

"Whims of fate"

@haze154 4 жыл бұрын

This guy could take an orange and make it sound like the most amazing thing ever.

@JamesBond-cb6ky 4 жыл бұрын

Yup

@NonDelusional74611 4 жыл бұрын

But oranges are the most amazing thing ever

@The-official-grindel 4 жыл бұрын

How many other people have had a video literally sponsored by THE US FREAKING NAVY

@The-official-grindel 4 жыл бұрын

The color was named after the fruit. The fruit was named after the tree. It is a chain of names

@TheNejD 4 жыл бұрын

oranges and most citrus fruits that you know of arent completely natural they are a hybridization of 2 other citrus fruits that are largely unknown by the general population and one of the main three oranges lemons and lime is a hybrid of 2 hybrids but i cant remember which one.

@alexandraanghel5339 3 жыл бұрын

Vsause1: and this whole thing is just random........or is it? Vsause2:and this whole thing is just random.....NO! Its not!

@Abhishek-sr2pu 3 жыл бұрын

The original name of snakes and ladders is moskapad, invented in india but was change in Europe because you don't wanna play a pagan game in Europe.

@Stocxk_ 3 жыл бұрын

V s a u s e

@mexiguayan 2 жыл бұрын

....right? WRONG!!!!

@vedantkarale4077 2 жыл бұрын

Or is it?

@BunnyInASheepCostume Ай бұрын

@demonic-000 4 жыл бұрын

There is always a snake that says: I am going to destroy your entire career.

@icantthinkofaname8139 3 жыл бұрын

I think thats snake is named “Overconfidence” the one at 99

@cyberpixel15 2 жыл бұрын

Thus decreed the 99 space snake

@HypnosisBear 2 жыл бұрын

@@icantthinkofaname8139 Haha well said dude. The 99 snake is definitely the representation of overconfidence!

@chrislasekan1685 4 жыл бұрын

You mean Eels and Escalators?

@edgelord8337 4 жыл бұрын

You mean chutes and ladders?

@Icalasari 4 жыл бұрын

@Boco Corwin Cobras and Climbers

@UnusualPete 4 жыл бұрын

You mean "Ups and Downs"? That's just life... =)

@cthulhufhtagn2483 4 жыл бұрын

Cobras and Companionways. There's actually astonishingly few puns you can make from this.

@Ass_Burgers_Syndrome 4 жыл бұрын

You mean Stairs and Salamanders?

@TEWU 4 жыл бұрын

You see this absolutely normal potato right? WRONG

@AhmedMostafa-hl9yl 4 жыл бұрын

It has outlived the dinasours It has existed during the big bang and was the core of earth It has witnessed the beginning

@kalebcoggins189 4 жыл бұрын

You're not seeing the potato; You are seeing a digital representation of a 2-dimensional potato. In addition, its color has been ever so slightly altered so that it can be stored and transported over the internet. But where is the internet?

@TheRandomizerYT 4 жыл бұрын

@@kalebcoggins189 Best comment replies lol 😂

@hagridthetable 4 жыл бұрын

@@kalebcoggins189 the internet is an illusion of a place that you visit almost everyday. But we never questioned how we got here anyways maybe because phones and computers are considered the gateway to the internet realm. That means we can travel to the dream realm by using computers. Also does the afterlife exist?

@depressedblanket 4 жыл бұрын

It's a German-potato!!!

@moose7560 4 жыл бұрын

Kevin: Snakes and ladders is a kids game right? Me: right? Kevin: WRONG Me: HoW?! Kevin: well we can actually use physiology and psychology and chemistry and geology and math an- Me: is that right? Kevin: WRONG

@RGC_animation 4 жыл бұрын

Me: What is it? Kevin: WRONG!!!

@RGC_animation 3 жыл бұрын

@@ShadowMinecraft16 UNO reverse

@Fossilpump9080 2 жыл бұрын

@Adam Czerniewski people do use it

@ValensBellator 3 жыл бұрын

I always played “Chutes and Ladders” as a kid and it was maddening lol... man, that whole “one bad choice can undo a dozen good ones” is not only true, but a massive understatement lol

@Henchman_Holding_Wrench 4 жыл бұрын

Perfect metaphor for life. You've somehow managed to avoid all those snakes. Cool. What do I get? Popup snakes.

@MouseGoat 4 жыл бұрын

Also only cheaters have a chances of choosing their own fate, normies will be at mercy of fate.

@FurikuriYugi 4 жыл бұрын

@@MouseGoat My First Sargent always said "If ya ain't cheatin ya ain't tryin"

@misterbrick4276 4 жыл бұрын

Aye! Oh! Aye! Oh!

@shadow-faye 4 жыл бұрын

@@MouseGoat so then cheat

@roberte.o.speedwagon6928 4 жыл бұрын

It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan. What is your plan?

@Hoschi. 4 жыл бұрын

Meaning of life Me: Love Kevin: Snakes and Ladders Michael: 42

@Coolkid245 4 жыл бұрын

Underated comment

@Wtrxprs007able 4 жыл бұрын

42nd like heck yeah

@kaaiplayspiano7200 4 жыл бұрын

Jake: life

@MRJDXTRA 4 жыл бұрын

Me: There is none make up your own

@kaaiplayspiano7200 4 жыл бұрын

@@MRJDXTRA lol

@cspicer77 3 жыл бұрын

I've never seen anybody play without the exact roll(spin) to get to 100. That is literally the most important rule.

@6272355463637 2 жыл бұрын

The tedious end to a tedious game. It's so very fitting.

@AlexShaw 5 ай бұрын

I'm willing to let it go in the interest of making a KZfaq video but in real life this would just be cheating

@Mystic5523 3 жыл бұрын

Huh, every version of this game I've played had a big ladder that crosses the big snake, I wonder why this one doesn't?

@The360MlgNoscoper 3 жыл бұрын

You’ve played wuss mode.

@The360MlgNoscoper 3 жыл бұрын

@Adam Czerniewski ?

@SandaaaGW2 2 жыл бұрын

That's what I've seen too.

@adean5707 2 жыл бұрын

I have seen the same in 2 versions but 1 without

@pakkiufung883 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah

@kastiak06 4 жыл бұрын

"stairway" to heaven, "highway" to hell

@MrSuperbeast92 4 жыл бұрын

*Escalator to Heaven and Eel to Hell. 🧐👌

@tuc-kaankaraayan 4 жыл бұрын

I read that as Starway :0

@Rexuno100 4 жыл бұрын

Roundabout to nirvana

@PunkZombie1300 4 жыл бұрын

@@Rexuno100 ________________ 《to be continued/|/| (in the next -------------- life) I tried

@sansgolem168 4 жыл бұрын

Nice AC/DC reference

@DorthLous 4 жыл бұрын

The rules usually state "You *may* take the ladder", meaning that there is *some* strategy, albeit minimal.

@imveryangryitsnotbutter 4 жыл бұрын

I don't know if there's some way to calculate the probability of winning the game based on what square your piece is currently on. But I'm willing to bet that your odds of winning always go up the closer you are to square 100, no matter how many snakes are ahead of you.

@88Nieznany88 4 жыл бұрын

@@imveryangryitsnotbutter there is way to calculate probablity, because as stated in video its 101-state markov chain. About the second part: in general case it's not true. You can imagine version of game where you are at square 49 and ladder will push you to 57, but all squares in between are ladders than puah you to 98 or something. Then it's clearly better not to take this ladder and instead roll nect turn and take better one. But game is constructed in such way that it's probably almost always best to take the ladder.

@NickRoman 4 жыл бұрын

Re: @@imveryangryitsnotbutter , in other words, if you know that it's always better to take the ladder, then it is not a strategic option. It's just what you must do assuming you're actually playing the game.

@oaomcg 4 жыл бұрын

All the rules i've seen say you MUST move up the ladders. This game is 100% RNG. there are no decisions. I refuse to play it with my kids... winning-moves.com/images/chutes%20and%20ladders%20rules.pdf

@truthboom 4 жыл бұрын

@@oaomcg yikes chute and ladders

@Matt513131 2 жыл бұрын

Needing to roll an exact number to win is incredibly important to how the final stage of the game plays out. With a snake on 99, the winning roll always comes with at least a 50% probably of hitting a snake, as you have a 1 in 6 chance of getting a winning roll, and a 1 in 6 chance of getting one less than that.

@Joseph_Drew_III 3 жыл бұрын

“This game has a random length, but it has perfect length”

@samarthkhandelwal5263 4 жыл бұрын

Me: Wondering the meaning of life CGP Grey: Death is the meaning of life Michael: 42 is the meaning of life Kevin: WRONG. It's Snakes and Ladders

@thinhnonyt 4 жыл бұрын

Its a reference to the book series “Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy”

@SgtSupaman 4 жыл бұрын

The Hokey Pokey: Turning yourself around is what it's all about.

@cloudedfalcons1183 4 жыл бұрын

Haha.

@Scigatt 4 жыл бұрын

Where does CGP Grey say that?

@RubyPiec 4 жыл бұрын

Google: the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death is the meaning of life

@corywilke5143 4 жыл бұрын

Him: snakes are weird and creepy The snake overlords: we need a orbital strike on him

@user-sc8mj5bb6k 4 жыл бұрын

*Initiate "Death from Above" protocol.* *Orbital Rod release in:* *3* *2* *1*

@Pannenkaka 4 жыл бұрын

*zap*

@jayth3kid641 4 жыл бұрын

Orbital Snake*

@wc0424 4 жыл бұрын

I too like Snake Jazz

@lyrimetacurl0 4 жыл бұрын

Really? I thought they would me more like, "Ssssssssssssssssssss"

@highwindjump88 4 жыл бұрын

Kevin saying "don't roll a 1" just triggered every D&D player's PTSD.

@Suo_kongque 3 жыл бұрын

Vietnam flashbacks

@smartiscool9748 3 жыл бұрын

Yes sir

@triforceplayscreative4376 3 жыл бұрын

Now Roll for initiative

@arlingtoncummins8814 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, now make a perception check

@cjfdnqkn4374 3 жыл бұрын

Looks at board Don't roll a one ☝️

@WolfRose11 3 жыл бұрын

Watching this again, the large ratio of falls to ladder rises causing a longer game is probably why Chutes and Ladders was designed with much longer ladders. To make it a game that more primary kids will have the patience to play.

@JesusLove3573 4 жыл бұрын

Kevin could literally make anything sound interesting. He would make for a great school teacher. One that takes a boring class and makes it exciting

@ianplace9977 4 жыл бұрын

I will read ypur profile picture

@PunkZombie1300 4 жыл бұрын

Joke's on you I got an ad that prevented you from Rick Rolling me

@Timocracy 4 жыл бұрын

Kevin: Here's a simple, mundane thing. Also Kevin: Let me cut this sh*t with some math and see what happens. I love this channel.

@U014B 4 жыл бұрын

>implying Kevin would make a swear-cuss

@jacksonhuang4266 4 жыл бұрын

Inappropriate comment, sorry

@shermanthebear963 3 жыл бұрын

imagine if we were living in a universe were no one ever legitamitly completes a snakes and ladders game

@sanjeevsinghrajput5593 2 жыл бұрын

I believe it is said that Mahatmas like Gautam Buddha and many other sages from Sanatan Dharma have actually achieved Moksha (or ended this game)

@LyrelGaming 3 жыл бұрын

Google: Its just a game. Bing: Its the meaning of life

@cumulus1869 4 жыл бұрын

He should've said, "Snakes for watching." at the end.

@awesomeninja1311 4 жыл бұрын

Sneks

@imnotfuckingusingthisaccou2574 4 жыл бұрын

no step on snek

@AceOfWaffles 4 жыл бұрын

@@awesomeninja1311 Snek Snek

@ChristmasTurki 4 жыл бұрын

Why?

@Oscar-im2xi 4 жыл бұрын

Snakes for watching laddees

@nibbletrinnal2289 4 жыл бұрын

If this game is a metaphor for our lives, this means that reaching the end is death. Yet, it is possible for this game to last forever. This game proves immortality is possible, since its possible for the game to never end.

@TheSpencermacdougall 2 жыл бұрын

Theoretically, but highly unlikely. To never reach the end (square 100) you would somehow either need to get into a infinite loop of snakes, or (using the official rules) be on S99 and never roll a 1, which is impossible if done endlessly.

@nibbletrinnal2289 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheSpencermacdougall That is incorrect, actually. Each number has a 1/6 chance of being rolled on a dice, meaning, on average, it would only take six rolls to get the one you need to finish, but this is no guarantee. Although it would appear more and more likely that you roll a 1 as you continue to roll, the fact that you can roll five other numbers that *arent* 1 will always prevent it from becoming a guarantee. It is completely possible to roll a dice an infinite amount of times and *never* land on the number 1 even once

@Owen_loves_Butters 2 жыл бұрын

@@nibbletrinnal2289 Yeah, with probability of 0. One of those things of math is that probability of 0 ≠ impossible

@drenz1523 2 жыл бұрын

@@Owen_loves_Butters Sometimes but other times they don't.

@drenz1523 2 жыл бұрын

Mmmm yes generosity speeds up death

@gejyspa 2 жыл бұрын

About 6 years back, I used both Markov chains and Monte Carlo simulations to calculate how long games of Hi-Ho Cherry-O should take. It came out to a mean of ~15.8 turns per game, with a mode of 5, median at 12, and a ~1/1429 chance of a game lasting more than 100 turns!

@itsglby 3 жыл бұрын

“Its like falling down a well” Kevin 2020 with a sarcastic voice lol <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="412">6:52</a>

@noel9817 4 жыл бұрын

When people scream Normies: aaaaaaaah! Kevin: HI HO

@grahammiller9061 3 жыл бұрын

He actually said hi ho ha

@stefanalexanderlungu1503 3 жыл бұрын

Kermit the Frog here

@rffm1879 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Ho Hi Ho!!

@jgjg5182 4 жыл бұрын

I remember when my dad stepped on the 63 space snake by getting addicted yo heroin

@pohatuthereactor1693 4 жыл бұрын

Oof

@notoptionallyviable2146 4 жыл бұрын

Oof

@tobybius 4 жыл бұрын

Oof

@fredrickthecatfish8661 4 жыл бұрын

OFF

@tls_falcon6648 4 жыл бұрын

Oof

@IAmAPeti 3 жыл бұрын

I love how Kevin just says: "Right... *WRONG* "

@chrismanuel9768 2 жыл бұрын

If I had to redesign the game I'd make it 8 ladders, 12 snakes, and the snakes average 4x worse than ladders are good. That means more chances to go backwards than forwards and backwards being more extreme, so the game would take longer and be more punishing. Really get kids ready for the rest of their lives

@JuanLeon-oe6xe Жыл бұрын

Why stop there then? , make it so the first time they slide a snake they automatically lose and are sent ti a Gulag.

@cake0539 4 жыл бұрын

My Board of this game fits pretty well to the Karma theme: On the head of a snake, theres always a kid doing something bad (e.g. hitting a cat) and on the tail theres an Image of the consequence (e.g. being bitten by the cat) On the ladders its the other way around (e.g. watering plants on the bottom and having beatiful flowers on the top)

@hanamae600 4 жыл бұрын

Cool! We have a similar board to yours as well!

@eliannadouglas3408 3 жыл бұрын

I have that one! There's someone skating on thin ice too, right?

@callumsylvester9921 4 жыл бұрын

So Kevin has now become an English teacher, trying to show the deeper meaning of a few pieces of wood and an animal that doesn’t even have any limbs PS. Love the content

@superposition2644 4 жыл бұрын

Don't badmouth the snake overlords, you'll get shipped an electronic spring-loaded ambush box!

@falsemimicry 4 жыл бұрын

the danger noodles

@jblen 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine having a meaning behind that. It's almost as dumb as having a meaning behind really thin, bleached wood with ink on each slice to show different shapes.

@thecarrots6395 4 жыл бұрын

The Hive Mind Oho, a wild Smallant1 viewer

@jblen 4 жыл бұрын

@@thecarrots6395 danger noodles were a huge meme, it's not just a smallant thing

@CensoredHarbor 3 жыл бұрын

I'm just here to fly back in my chair every time Kevin yells "right- W R O N G !"

@scrotymcboogerballs6756 4 жыл бұрын

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="634">10:34</a> Every DnD player rolling anything ever

@Sausketo 4 жыл бұрын

18650's are safe to use as swapables if you inspect the battery every time you swap it, and only transport them in protective cases, not just in your pocket

@Sheridantank 4 жыл бұрын

The point I believe was that got shouldn't use them in homemade devices like this one. Not unless you know how to build in protections for the device. If you use them in devices that call for them and as recommended they are safe.

@Sausketo 4 жыл бұрын

@@Sheridantank ah you are correct about that

@JoshuaJohnsonHou 4 жыл бұрын

This is all about right to repair, there are many makers who can safely use these battery cells. There are many tools that people who don't know better shouldn't use, but that doesn't mean consumers can't learn how to use things properly.

@sixaintnine 4 жыл бұрын

@@syber-space This should be higher up. I had no idea Vsauce is anti-learning and is in the business of fear mongering. Oh well. It was fun while it lasted. Everyone sells out eventually.

@beep3038 4 жыл бұрын

@@Sausketo so delete and/or edit your comment

@dylanesalame 4 жыл бұрын

real gamers know it as “eels and escalators”

@donovanmahan2901 4 жыл бұрын

AH **dolphin sound**

@madkirk7431 3 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@madkirk7431 3 жыл бұрын

3 mo likes till 69 👌

@borisborisvichborislav4225 3 жыл бұрын

@@donovanmahan2901 Lemme guess, you got eels

@rhybaax8829 3 жыл бұрын

'ESCALATORS!'.....eels ah *dolphin noise*

@patricker113 4 жыл бұрын

We used to go backwards when we exceed what's needed to reach the end. Makes the game longer and gives other players a chance to catch up after snaking down.

@EggShellGames 3 жыл бұрын

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="558">9:18</a> He reacted so fast to the “snakes” “chuting” from out of the box! Edit: Did his hands get electrocuted? look at them!

@FinlayHamm 4 жыл бұрын

Kevin: talking about game Kevin 5 seconds later: b a t t e r y e x p e r t

@cheeseburgermonkey7104 4 жыл бұрын

Kevin: gets to 100 on the board Snakes: *THIS IS SPARTA*

@The360MlgNoscoper 3 жыл бұрын

He shoulda gone back to 98

@samgreen8007 3 жыл бұрын

Fus Ro Daaaaah!!!

@purplelotus531 4 жыл бұрын

Vsauce: “insert anything” right? Me: yeah seems reasonable Vsauce: WROOOOOOOOONNNNNGGG

@JohnyMCness 2 жыл бұрын

I think the rule of needing that precise roll to get to the goal is a message in itself, towards the end its easiest to mess up...because needing that precise roll basically increases the likelyhood of hitting that last snake

@BernieYoda 4 жыл бұрын

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="801">13:21</a> me with my ballpoint pen when the teacher suddenly asks me something and I haven’t been paying attention for the last 20 minutes

@Ethan-gw6mi 4 жыл бұрын

Bernie Yoda underrated

@charadremur333 4 жыл бұрын

Lul

@abel.d 4 жыл бұрын

"93 to 25 -> minus 68." DO NOT RIDE SNAKE

@suwinkhamchaiwong8382 4 жыл бұрын

Abel D. nice

@NoNameAtAll2 4 жыл бұрын

Get over it

@donovanmahan2901 4 жыл бұрын

difference is that snake is 69 to 1 instead

@scorn6060 4 жыл бұрын

Ffs get over it man

@lightyagami5483 3 жыл бұрын

As an Indian Hindu, I and all the generations before me have played this game. This can be easily bought and can be a great moment for family get-togethers... but no one ever told me this meaning of life... there are a lot of things contributed to this world by Indians, and yet we aren't aware of them ourselves. I wish all countries and people come together and try to learn about us, whereas just because of the British we have deviated from our true path. I wish we all can work as HUMANS and try to advance ourselves even more, rather than playing the dirty game of international geopolitics...

@shrutithakur1423 3 жыл бұрын

*The board game, today called Snakes and Ladders, originated in ancient India, where it was known with the name Mokshapat or Moksha Patamu. It's not exactly known when or who invented it, though it's believed the game was played at a time as early as 2nd century BC.*

@sebw1847 4 жыл бұрын

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="635">10:35</a> dnd players at any given moment

@neji2401 4 жыл бұрын

Except while being attacked

@jubes1300 4 жыл бұрын

especially if the GM's anything like dungeoncraft

@cthulhufhtagn2483 4 жыл бұрын

It's more than a mantra. It's a way of life.

@the_kraken6549 4 жыл бұрын

Here here

@Caramelldanson 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting that a game meant to teach about morality has no player agency.

@be7th 4 жыл бұрын

Hey, at least we all get to watch a different, randomly generated movie.

@khushalvadarevu7473 4 жыл бұрын

it tries to teach us to shoot your shot no matter how many snakes come in the way, till you reach your goal which is moksha (salvation) in hinduism

@xchronox0 4 жыл бұрын

@@khushalvadarevu7473 Interestingly enough though, the lesson I learn here is that falling down wasn't a result of me doing anything wrong. It just had a 1/6 chance of happening and that I should blame luck, and learn nothing of that experience. Subjecting myself to the same inevitable 1/6 when that point in life repeats itself.

@bobbusc 4 жыл бұрын

I like the idea of finding life lessons in board games. They're great teaching tools. I'm not crazy about the idea of this showing good and bad decisions based on dice rolls though. I feel like the message would be stronger with more player agency.

@tomsmith6878 4 жыл бұрын

The phrase starting at square one comes from football (soccer) radio commentary. 'Back to square one' meant passing backwards into one of the 8 rectangles that the pitch is divided into to describe the game easily for people who could only hear and not see.

@tqser 4 жыл бұрын

"It is lit" -They

@Memerath 3 жыл бұрын

@mari morango ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ 10:18

@225Perfect 4 жыл бұрын

LG's battery thing is really about trying to stop people from being able to repair their electronics. Louis Rossman just did a recent video about how their campaign is pretty much bs and lies. Love the video, not to hot on the sponsor topic.

@HelamanGile 4 жыл бұрын

True

@caleb-hill 4 жыл бұрын

I second this

@DunnickFayuro 4 жыл бұрын

With the average level of stupidity in the general public, I think this has to be done. Just look at how many broken smartphone screens you see on a daily basis: people can't handle fragile electronics properly. This level of carelessness becomes dangerous with bare cells.

@sohotcall 4 жыл бұрын

Why not they just make the anode and cathode of 18650 be more separated?

@Mercilessonion 4 жыл бұрын

LG had a Gas leak in India killing many locals. The gas names styrene was released and people were killed in their beds sleeping

@Norbal. 4 жыл бұрын

*Quote of the year, every year* \"Right? Wrong!"\

@alecxander9573 4 жыл бұрын

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="635">10:35</a> Kevin: don’t roll a one, please Me: *pray for one*

@orbyfied 4 жыл бұрын

*a potato falls from the sky* Me: "well, this is random" Vsauce:"NO!"

@mackycabangon8945 3 жыл бұрын

*Vsauce2

@hjoehj0996 3 жыл бұрын

No I did dat

@HalcyonVoid 4 жыл бұрын

That battery warning is very misguided. Yes, you shouldn't keep lithium cells just thrown around, but the devices that use them have the protective circuitry in them. You can buy cells with more robust protective layers too. The irony too, is that the videos of batteries busting are from cellphones, which should have better protection against that sort of thing, no? The real reason for the AA batteries was probably one of convenience and cost. You can buy the proper circuits to keep lithium batteries safe, but that is just added cost.

@ThisIsAigle 4 жыл бұрын

i was just thinking that. most vape devices have built in protections now, as well as function as the charger. and almost NONE of them use snap in place connections like described in the video.

@4ipon4ik 4 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p89nh8tyybmmiGw.html

@zeejenkins 4 жыл бұрын

Yes this LG marketing BS is just that, BS

@ElectronicControl3R 4 жыл бұрын

someone send this to louis rossman vsauce is a shill for the lobyists against louis rossman

@mtallan 4 жыл бұрын

ElectronicControl3R exactly what I thought which is why I read this comment. It was uncanny to see this “public service announcement” match the LG ad almost exactly.

@lanachiu793 2 жыл бұрын

"He promised me, that it will not burn down my house." The box: **explode**

@coleairoso365 2 жыл бұрын

If you played by the rule that you must roll exactly what you need to get to the exit, you'd have an equal chance of winning as landing on that final snake each time you were within 6 spaces of 100. Just an interesting thought.

@poopagore 4 жыл бұрын

*"HII HOO HII HOO HII HOO HIIAAHH"* <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="651">10:51</a>

@LouieFromPikmin 4 жыл бұрын

“AYE! OH! AYE! OH! AYE! OH! AH! A A Y Y E E ! O H H H ! A A H H !”

@SacsachCCABP 4 жыл бұрын

Hahahahahaha

@COZYTW 4 жыл бұрын

#learning #education lol

@carealoo744 4 жыл бұрын

100th like!

@LevantWasTaken 4 жыл бұрын

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="651">10:51</a> Lyrics: Golly oh! Golly oh! Golly oh! Haaaaah!!! (Slowed) Golly oh! Haaaah!! *chuckle*

@adithyasriram7955 3 жыл бұрын

Still better than Cardi B

@delieard9319 3 жыл бұрын

I heard tally ho

@zdoh-RandomHandle 3 жыл бұрын

G l l y O h

@AnimateTronix 3 жыл бұрын

101st like

@cjfdnqkn4374 3 жыл бұрын

G O L L Y O H !

@christiandzurik3104 3 жыл бұрын

when vsause says "Whatever this thing does it will.... DO" is the best line ever

@DarscioStudios 4 жыл бұрын

“Right? *Wrong!*”

@rhonin2295 4 жыл бұрын

"The game goes on until it doesn't"

@annieyogirlisdabest4373 3 жыл бұрын

Yes the floor is made of floor

@loolka2029 4 жыл бұрын

Something: exists Kevin: *WRONG*

@xavierzhang8058 2 жыл бұрын

English teachers when analyzing 1 second of a movie:

@manavkumar348 Жыл бұрын

When i was a kid, i used to play this game a lot. I had many boards, every one was different from the other, i remeber one had a snake that started from 98 or 97 and its tail ended at 9 or 10

@jakubedzior 4 жыл бұрын

On average that's how many steps forward you're making each roll of a dice: (1+2+3+4+5+6)/6 + 0.5*(10/100)*11.8 - 0.5*(11/100)*35.27 = 2.15 I know you've always wanted to know this. You're welcome.

@the-old-channel 4 жыл бұрын

Jakub Kędzior now based on this let’s predict the average length of the game.

@TheBasikShow 4 жыл бұрын

Why are you multiplying the snake and ladder options by 0.5?

@HeavyMetalMouse 4 жыл бұрын

Why are we multiplying the ladder and snake expectations by 1/2? If there are 10 Ladder spaces, the probability that you land on one of them, without knowing your square of origin, is about 10/99 (no roll can make you land on Square 1). If there are 11 Snake spaces, the probability that you land on one of them, without knowing your square of origin, is about 11/99 (same reason). Shouldn't that expectation be, then: 1/6 + 2/6 + 3/6 + 4/6 + 5/6 + 6/6 + (10/99)x11.8 - (11/99)x35.27 ~= 3.5 + 1.192 - 3.919 = 0.773 This implies that, if you were to average the progress made on every roll during a game, you'd be making less than one square of progress per roll on average. As such. you're looking at an expected value of about 129.4 rolls from one person. This is likely an over-estimate of the average due to the 'averaging out' of all the snakes over the board making the 'edges' of the distribution fuzzier. In theory, it should be possible to figure out an exact representation of the expected progress of a move given what square you're on, and then use some stochastic analysis to figure out your probability of being on Square X after N moves... It's certainly a tricky game to analyze by hand.

@jakubedzior 4 жыл бұрын

We are multiplying by 1/2 because after some steps chance of stepping on snakes or ladders is no longer 10/100 or 11/100 cause you already got past some of them. For simplification I just multiplied by 1/2.

@HeavyMetalMouse 4 жыл бұрын

@@jakubedzior Ah! That is a fairly reasonable justification, yes. In that case, we'd be looking at an average number of rolls of 99/2.15 ~= 46 rolls or so.

@dzarthedemon4855 4 жыл бұрын

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="460">7:40</a> "It's harder to follow a path of good than it is to follow a path of bad" Sans: *Am I a joke to you?*

@triforceplayscreative4376 3 жыл бұрын

Vietnam flashbacks

@beezmanit2683 2 жыл бұрын

yea i mean wasting hours is prob harder then being friends

@KentchessLe 6 ай бұрын

"Alright kids today we're going to play snakes and ladder" the quiet kid at the back of the class :

@georgeeconomou7026 3 жыл бұрын

Am I the only one who noticed that he gave the red piece a second turn in a row there? The game started with Red moving 1 space, then Yellow moved 4 spaces, then Red moved 5 spaces to square 7, and the Kevin just rolled for Red again, even though it was Yellow's turn.

@ChozoSR388 4 жыл бұрын

The funny thing is, instead of telling people, "Don't buy bare cells ever", they should be promoting and teaching battery safety. Li-Ion cells can be used in all kinds of maker applications. LG Chem just doesn't want to educate the consumers about how to keep their products safe. If you know what you're doing, and make sure that the cells are safe to use at all times, such as inspecting the cells for wrap damage prior to each installation of the cells, re-wrapping as necessary, or having someone familiar with the re-wrapping process do it for you, making sure that you keep any loose cells you may be carrying with you (such as an extra set of cells in the case of vapers) in an appropriate battery box, you're pretty much fine. This is fearmongering. Just like any technology, there are risks involved, yes, but as long as you educate yourself about those risks, and make sure you have proper safety protocols for that technology in place, you're fine. Do your homework.

@qui9159 4 жыл бұрын

Louis Rossmann made a video addressing this. his analysis of LG's commercial at around 3 mins. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p89nh8tyybmmiGw.html

@ChozoSR388 4 жыл бұрын

@@qui9159 Yeah, I saw it. I totally agree with him. They make uot like you're getting a bomb in the mail when you buy bare cells. What a wonderful way to portray a product that they themselves produce, huh?

@HelamanGile 4 жыл бұрын

It's not about the safety they don't want us to repair

@rampagent9226 4 жыл бұрын

Proper education is a must. Yes you can clean with ammonia. You can clean with bleach. But for the love of all that is holy do not mix the two. I'm tired, it's just an example.

@sanitarysanchez 4 жыл бұрын

I have the right to bare cells! Do not deny me my rights!

@Moonbeam143 4 жыл бұрын

What about bear cells?

@donovanmahan2901 4 жыл бұрын

@@Moonbeam143 the right to bear bare cells

@HelamanGile 4 жыл бұрын

True

@caleb-hill 4 жыл бұрын

Preach brother

@QemeH 4 жыл бұрын

At my grandma's the house rule used to be "every player gets 4 meeple, you can choose which one to advance but not split, first meeple wins for the team" That way it DOES become a game of strategic ability and I learned a lot about probability and expected value a lot earlier than most of my class mates :)

@easilyoffended8106 3 жыл бұрын

I love how the subjects of math and psychology touch each other so often.

@samarthkhandelwal5263 4 жыл бұрын

Kevin: Snakes and Ladders is a simple child game. 15 minutes later, Snakes and Ladders represent the Essence of Humanity and tells meaning of life

@Dexobite 4 жыл бұрын

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="650">10:50</a> someone should make a remix of this “EI OH EI OH EI OH

@RealMeowlus 9 ай бұрын

"...spring-loaded snakes." is my favorite quote ever

@arjunagrawal9376 2 жыл бұрын

Man these guys would discover the meaning of the universe from poems if they are given time

@julianbo5870 4 жыл бұрын

"I am fully charged!" - The Medic

@julianbo5870 4 жыл бұрын

Or would it be "I am lit"? 🤔

@non-inertialobserver946 4 жыл бұрын

Hey medic i like kpop

@non-inertialobserver946 4 жыл бұрын

*اللعنة هل مجرد سخيف القول عن لي، وكنت *

@jacksonpercy8044 4 жыл бұрын

"Erectin' a snake dispenser." - Allen "The Engineer" Pan

@daverapp 4 жыл бұрын

"Doktor! Are you sure this vill vork?!"

@jaredblake9335 4 жыл бұрын

New shirt idea. Aiiii!!! Ohhh!!! Ahhh!!! I'd wear it. Edit: With snakes around the words.

@adityachk2002 3 жыл бұрын

This wasn’t a math video but a philosophical one and a moral one wowowlwowo

@thenonfurry 3 жыл бұрын

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="47">0:47</a> This is something that Bill would say completely. “REVEAL THE MEANING OF LIFE!-Sort of.”

@SourPeachHeart 4 жыл бұрын

In my family if you get near the end and the number of on dice is more than the space left you have to go back with the rest of the dots left

@Benjamin-od8od 4 жыл бұрын

its supposed to be played like this i think

@SourPeachHeart 4 жыл бұрын

WAIT 5:31 it also says you can't share a space! Please tell me that this is only an American thing.

@zero_prfctn 4 жыл бұрын

I’d play a mix of both. My friends and family would often fight about it and I’ll be the one to choose how to play...

@powerpug964 4 жыл бұрын

I always share spaces

@MouseGoat 4 жыл бұрын

@@zero_prfctn Its such a pointless thing to fight about, as there's literally no difference in outcome whatever you do, as long as you roll the dice and don't cheat, whoever wins will be random. what ever freaking rules you decide to have. Its the illusion of control, you not in control, you have no control.

@sciblastofficial9833 4 жыл бұрын

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="650">10:50</a> I-O-I-O-I-O-I! [ii-oo-ii!!] (What does this mean? Is this a secret code? Is Kevin referencing the nursery rhyme "Old McDonald had a Farm"? Is Kevin thus referencing McDonalds? Is he sponsored?)

@Bee-rt2sn 4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💥💥💥💥💥

@Barc112 4 жыл бұрын

Should that snippet from 10:50 be sampled to make a "lead-up part" (don't know the real name) before a Dubstep drop? Yeah, of course

@wellno9276 3 жыл бұрын

it's the I in right? and o in WRONG

@mityakiselev 3 жыл бұрын

IOIOIOI is 85 in binary... of course! How could I have been so bl~

@mgiselaf2182 3 жыл бұрын

"ay, oh, ah" -Kevin

@Mr.khan11 2 жыл бұрын

Seriously, I never thought of this, this just open my mind ...thanks Kevin

@bableshdabral3888 4 жыл бұрын

10 year old: Simple game exist *Kevin hold my calculator*

@hawkeyes4768 4 жыл бұрын

wish i had this info when i was a kid lol

@pokepress 4 жыл бұрын

I do find it interesting that a game that supposedly teaches morals has no decisions in it.

@viaMac 2 жыл бұрын

It represents our lack of free will

@skyler9332 3 жыл бұрын

seriously though, this is such a well-put video.

@dominikbeitat4450 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing how a game that's supposed to teach you a thing or two about decisions and their consequences gives you no choice at all. You just roll the dice and hope for the best.

@Haze01Smash 4 жыл бұрын

Does it become a game of skill if it teaches players they should learn how to throw dice to get the rolls they want (or avoid the rolls that lead to snakes)?

@ronitdhanphole 4 жыл бұрын

3-year-olds are not mature enough to make decisions, the game makes the decision for them.

@ThePrimith 4 жыл бұрын

Alright, here's another philosophical take: In Snakes and Ladders, your choices are meaningless and the outcome was predetermined. You rise and fall because of the whim of chance, but you will reach your outcome eventually.

@durg3sh 2 жыл бұрын

Yea, hindu philosophy says that you can't change fate, but you won't know what it is, so one shall keep working for it to achieve internal piece, moksha.

@Arkylie 2 жыл бұрын

Yup. That's the original idea, that external forces (including the karmic balance of previous lives) shape us more than our ability to choose can. Which is why it chafes against people who hold the viewpoint that we can make better choices. As for me, I expect if I were to play it again, I'd house rule something like I did for Candyland, just to keep my mind from going numb while babysitting. For Candyland, I had each player draw a hand of five, and you could combine any cards with the same color, e.g. moving forward three green spaces instead of just one, and you could use the location cards to send your opponent backwards. Made it so much more enjoyable for me, since there was an element of strategy to it. I could see playing S&L as rolling three dice and choosing which one to use, or perhaps having a selection of five types of dice and getting to decide which one to roll for this particular role. Strategy and math/probability means way more fun!