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Yeah, it’s very much a case of “the map is not the territory”. Modelling such processes as normally distributed is objectively wrong, but it’s also not wrong e
by pdpi 2y ago
Yeah, it’s very much a case of “the map is not the territory”.
Modelling such processes as normally distributed is objectively wrong, but it’s also not wrong enough to matter.
We could, and arguably should, model such processes as truncated normals instead, but normals are just so damn convenient to work with.
- baq 2y agoYou say 'convenience' and I don't know if it's a strong enough word - the gap in difficulty between working with normals and anything else is like in the draw the rest of the owl meme - it's so wide nobody ever bothers.