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combining repeated samples of any distribution* (any population density fuction including power law distributions) will converge to the normal distribution, tha
by fsckboy 7mo ago
combining repeated samples of any distribution* (any population density fuction including power law distributions) will converge to the normal distribution, that's why it appears everywhere.
* excluding bizarre degenerates like constants or impulse functions
- abetusk 7mo agoNo, that's not correct. Sums of power law distributions can converge to power low tailed distributions, not normal distributions.
- AndrewKemendo 7mo agoNo use arguing with them they don’t have enough mathematical understanding to understand what they’re saying