Statistics, in the modern sense of the word, began evolving in the 18th century in response to the novel needs of industrializing sovereign states. The evolution of statistics was, in particular, intimately connected with the development of European states following the peace of Westphalia (1648), and with the development of probability theory, which put statistics on a firm theoretical basis. — Wikipedia
Is Most of our behavior determined by human nature or can the general behavior of humans be best described by random chaos? — Cidat
Is order or chaos the best way to describe How any particular individual behaves? — Cidat
The only thing that makes humans special is that we have free will. — Cidat
Until you embrace what you were given, you have neither freedom nor will, simply convenient or rather circumstantial will. And this, is what defines an animal and so differentiates a human. — Outlander
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