Why the tails come apart — LessWrong
[I'm unsure how much this rehashes things 'everyone knows already' - if old hat, feel free to downvote into oblivion. My other motivation for the cro…
x Why the tails come apart — LessWrong Probability & Statistics World Modeling Frontpage 347 Why the tails come apart by Thrasymachus 1st Aug 2014 8 min read 102 347 [I'm unsure how much this rehashes things 'everyone knows already' - if old hat, feel free to downvote into oblivion. My other motivation for the cross-post is the hope it might catch the interest of someone with a stronger mathematical background who could make this line of argument more robust] [Edit 2014/11/14: mainly adjustments and rewording in light of the many helpful comments below (thanks!). I've also added a geometric ex
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