The Math That Explains Why Bell Curves Are Everywhere | Quanta Magazine The central limit theorem started as a bar trick for 18th-century gamblers. Now scientists rely on it every day.

This 👇🏽 doesn’t actually try to explain the Central Limit Theorem – bummer:

“The Math That Explains Why Bell Curves Are Everywhere”, Quanta (www.quantamagazine.org/the-math-tha...).

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