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Is This Truly Random?

Math Science

23 days ago 4.7K views 0 shares

Is This Truly Random?

Statisticians staring suspiciously at coin flips is the ultimate trust issues mood. While normies see a simple 50/50 chance, statisticians are mentally running chi-square tests and questioning if the universe itself is gaslighting them. "Random? Or are you hiding patterns from me, you sneaky little coin?" The eternal paranoia of someone who knows that true randomness is about as common as a useful peer review comment. Next time you flip a coin, remember there's a statistician somewhere twitching at the thought of your inadequate sample size.

They Have Played Us For Absolute Fools

Physics Math Research Science Academia

2 months ago 10.4K views 0 shares

They Have Played Us For Absolute Fools

The statistical trauma is real! Data scientists and physicists everywhere are having collective meltdowns over non-Gaussian probability density functions. For decades, we've been forcing our beautiful, messy data into perfect bell curves like trying to stuff an octopus into a sock. That χ² value of 25.3? It's basically the statistical equivalent of "this is fine" while everything burns around you. Meanwhile, we've been ignoring the obvious solution of multiple Gaussians because apparently that would be too... reasonable? Next time someone tries to impress you with their fancy Breit-Wigner convolution explanations, just smile and ask them if they've tried turning their data off and on again. Because clearly, we're all just making this up as we go along!