> Makes you wonder how many other laws are built on nothing.
variance/standard deviation (also btw, a sum of squares concept)
it marks the inflection points on the gaussian curves, but so what, the 2nd derivative points to something significant about the integral? not really. But even if we accept that it does, what does two standard deviations mean? a linear double on the x coordinates says what about the a hairy population density function? nothing.
or similar to Metcalfe's Law, the very widely used Herfindahl Index (also squares!). It's a cross between a hash and a compression, it says something about the original numbers, but wildly different scenarios can collide.
variance/standard deviation (also btw, a sum of squares concept)
it marks the inflection points on the gaussian curves, but so what, the 2nd derivative points to something significant about the integral? not really. But even if we accept that it does, what does two standard deviations mean? a linear double on the x coordinates says what about the a hairy population density function? nothing.
or similar to Metcalfe's Law, the very widely used Herfindahl Index (also squares!). It's a cross between a hash and a compression, it says something about the original numbers, but wildly different scenarios can collide.