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> the “steadfast order of the universe” that eventually overcame any and all deviations from the bell. I can’t believe the author wrote that without explaining
by wodenokoto 7mo ago
> the “steadfast order of the universe” that eventually overcame any and all deviations from the bell.
I can’t believe the author wrote that without explaining why it’s called the bell curve.
I find the article spends a lot of time talking about repeating games without really getting to the meat of it.
If you throw a dice a million times the result is still following a uniform distribution.
It isn’t until you start summing random events that the normal distribution occurs.
- api 7mo agoA huge amount of nonfiction writing, especially nonfiction books, feels padded to length. It’s something I’ve gotten out of AI. Summarize, please, and it’s pretty good at extracting the key ideas. If I want a story I read fiction, which is writing with a much wider set of objectives than just conveying information and ideas (though it can do that).
- xbar 7mo agoTrue and false. You don't need anywhere near a million samples to get a good approximation for your normal distribution. Far fewer than 100 is sufficient (and 14 is a fine place to start if you are really constrained on data and need to get to 90-10).