> The word "normal" is loaded. The distribution was named "normal" in a different era when "scientists" believed that the distance from the tip of the one's nose to one's forehead was a measure of intelligence.
No. The word "normal" is overloaded. Seriously, anyone who has ever done any amount of mathematics will have noticed this! To wit, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal#Mathematics . Among research mathematicians it's even an established in-joke: – Oh, so if we define X to have these properties, everything works out! – Indeed, we need to give these properties a handy name. – How about saying X is normal? – LOOOOL
No. The word "normal" is overloaded. Seriously, anyone who has ever done any amount of mathematics will have noticed this! To wit, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal#Mathematics . Among research mathematicians it's even an established in-joke: – Oh, so if we define X to have these properties, everything works out! – Indeed, we need to give these properties a handy name. – How about saying X is normal? – LOOOOL