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Looks like a few of the patterns in his analysis has a tendency towards Benford's Law[1] [1]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benford%27s_law https://en.wikipedia
by markild 10y ago
Looks like a few of the patterns in his analysis has a tendency towards Benford's Law[1]
[1]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benford%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benford%27s_law
- nateberkopec 10y agoTechnically it describes none of these. Benford's Law only describes collections of leading digits. The charts in the article are just exponential distributions.
- markild 10y agoYeah. Reading a bit more into it, I think you're right.
- amelius 10y agoThe article says: > Distributions that would not be expected to obey Benford's Law: > ... > Where numbers are influenced by human thought: e.g. prices set by psychological thresholds