The bell curve

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Looking at virtually everything in life you will see that the bell curve can and does occur universally. From our galaxy and beyond, to the pattern of mold found in that one container in your refrigerator, the bell curve applies. Though we tend to think of them as such, bell curves are not exclusively reserved for grading or valuing people’s performances and attributes. For example, there are many trees in a forest and many different kinds of trees. If you look at their distribution you’ll find that trees of the same kind occur, smallest to largest in a bell curve as does the pattern of distribution for all trees. Or look at waves on a beach; not only are waves as they come ashore shaped like the curve against the curved shape of the shore, but the waves roll in in a bell curve pattern too: each seventh wave is larger than the others. The waves in between are not all the same size either but…

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