19 month ago
Linkorama : The Power of Power Laws - Gaussian distributions tend to prevail when events are completely independent of each other. As soon as you introduce the assumption of interdependence across events, Paretian distributions tend to surface because positive feedback loops tend to amplify
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41 month ago
Linkorama : Who Designed the Bell Curve - Bob: The danger in positing a designer is that it denies us the ability to explore and learn more.
deusx : SATN.org: Who "designed" the Bell Curve? - "The danger in positing a designer is that it denies us the ability to explore and learn more."
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