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Has nobody heard of quetelet?
by DigitalJack 11y ago
Has nobody heard of quetelet?
- my5thaccount 11y agoNo, but thanks for bringing him to my attention! It's amazing how someone like that so long ago could have such an impact on so many fields, while today, it takes teams of people to win the Nobel prize in a single field. It's a testament to how much we know today relative to yesterday.
- cJ0th 11y agoI think we had a discussion here on HN not long ago but I can't find it. edit: Found the article: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/02/the-invention-of-the-normal-person/463365/ http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/02/the-inve... comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11155889 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11155889