Poker

The speaker begins by explaining how poker can help people deal with the 1 and probabilities of things happening. She feels it's a shame that poker is sometimes put in the same 2 as general gambling. She makes the point that players can play to win anything, like 3 or matchsticks or money. She regrets not having had the opportunity of learning about 4 and expected value at a young age. She suggests that schools could use poker to teach how to 5 evidence. Poker, she explains, could be used to help people weigh up whether information is 6 or not. She admits that being mathematically minded helps and that there is some 7 involved. She draws parallel with learning a language, having to make little 8 jumps to improve.