A few months ago I plotted this against NBA player's all time points scored and was amazed at how well it lined uphttps://observablehq.com/@youbastard/benfords-law-vs-nba-all-time-points-scored …
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The reason being that numbers starting with 9 are about as likely as numbers starting with 10, and numbers starting with 1 are about ten times as likely as numbers starting with 10
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That is not the reason. Actually, the reason is not well understood.
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Don't forget Simon Newcombe: he discovered the law a few decades before Benford but no one remembers him, sadly.
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I didn't know that. Thanks for that!
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Benford's Law is a re-framing of the Pareto Principle.
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Interesting, care to elaborate?
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Cool but why does this happen?
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Fascinating propertieshttps://www.statisticshowto.datasciencecentral.com/benfords-law/
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