@St_Rev a math question for you if you're still doing them: under what conditions will the distribution of digits follow Benford's law?
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@St_Rev eg I think "land areas of countries" should follow, but not "daily average temperatures in London". Having trouble finding nec. cond1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@simplic10@St_Rev I found benford's law deeply mysterious until I spent hours staring at the infection/death counter in Plague Inc2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing@simplic10 As far as I know it's not completely understood formally.1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
@sarahdoingthing @simplic10 I think it has something to do with the measurement and the *unit of measurement* being uncorrelated.
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