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The Importance of Normal Distributions in Research
There are a lot of things that actually follow normal distributions, right? That's actually really common too. And I think it's really important to notice that the insight is conditional. So you can't actually be a hedgehog about it. You have to check. Am I in the conditions where my model is actually going to work? If those conditions hold, by all means, use your idea. The fox realizes that these conditionals have to happen. And the fox has models for when the condition holds and different models for when it doesn't hold.