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You are confusing a Probability Density Function (PDF) with a phenomenological curve fit. No one is claiming that time is a random variable drawn from a normal
by khalic 3mo ago
You are confusing a Probability Density Function (PDF) with a phenomenological curve fit. No one is claiming that time is a random variable drawn from a normal distribution.
- j_maffe 3mo ago> No one is claiming that time is a random variable drawn from a normal distribution. You are doing that implicitly by fitting a Gaussian curve.
- khalic 3mo agoFitting a mathematical function to a dataset does not implicitly adopt the ontological baggage of probability theory. That is a fundamental misunderstanding of applied mathematics