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 MullerEvidence Quote
“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”
Created: 8/11/2026, 6:45:34 AM
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