Nit: I don't think the physicists are assuming a Gaussian distribution. See my reply in this thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7422688 https://news.yc

Nit: I don't think the physicists are assuming a Gaussian distribution. See my reply in this thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7422688 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7422688