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Bootvis a year ago

It does. A lognormal distribution would model that better which gives a nice right tail so maybe it is a useful toy model.

KK7NIL a year ago | parent [-]

A long right tail Gaussian fits the Elo ratings of active chess players very well, as I discussed in adjacent comments here.

jlawson a year ago | parent [-]

Isn't that just because there is a practical limit to how bad at chess someone can be? That is to say, making utterly random moves.

But there is no limit to how good they can be.

So of course the right tail is longer; the left tail is cut off!