Understanding the Gaussian distribution

Randomness is so present in our reality that we are used to taking it for granted. Most of the phenomena which surround us have been generated by random processes. Hence, our brain is very good at recognising these random patterns. And it is even better at spotting phenomena that should be random but they actually aren’t. And this is when problems arise. Most software such as Unity or GameMaker simply lack the tools to generate realistic random numbers. This tutorial will introduce the Gaussian distribution, which plays a fundamental role in statistics since it is at the heart of many random phenomena in our everyday life.

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