Comment by j_maffe

20 hours ago

You don't just fit a Gaussian distribution to a timeseries dataset. That's not what a Gaussian curve is designed for at all. https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1725:_Linear_Regr...

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khalic  20 hours ago

You are confusing a Probability Density Function (PDF) with a phenomenological curve fit. No one is claiming that time is a random variable drawn from a normal distribution.

  • j_maffe  20 hours ago

    > No one is claiming that time is a random variable drawn from a normal distribution.

    You are doing that implicitly by fitting a Gaussian curve.

    • khalic  20 hours ago

      Fitting a mathematical function to a dataset does not implicitly adopt the ontological baggage of probability theory. That is a fundamental misunderstanding of applied mathematics