Most empirical data on human heights, IQ, and apple sizes clusters around an average value following a normal distribution, but many phenomena in nature follow power laws instead, where extreme values are far more common than normal distribution would predict.

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Derek Muller

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if you go out in the world and start measuring things like human height, IQ, or the size of apples on a tree. You will find that for each of these things, most of the data clusters around some average value

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You've (Likely) Been Playing The Game Of Life WrongVeritasium
Created: 8/11/2026, 6:45:34 AM

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