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Thomas
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The most powerful and inescapable force in the entire universe is regression toward the mean https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regression_toward_the_mean
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Rivir
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“If someone points out that a theory disagrees with Maxwell's equations then so much the worse for Maxwell's equations. If contradicted by observation — well, these experimentalists do bungle things. But if found to violate the 2nd Law of TD there is nothing for it but to collapse in deepest humiliation.” TLDR
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Rivir
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To be clear I’m not saying that regression to the mean is wrong—it’s a logical statistical deduction—but I just remembered this paraphrased quote and thought it all too fitting. The 2nd Law is the crux of statistical mechanics and the pattern of regression towards the mean is simply manifest in it.
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