[xkcd] Curve-Fitting

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Cauchy-Lorentz: "Something alarmingly mathematical is happening, and you should probably pause to Google my name and check what field I originally worked in."

🔗 xkcd.com/2048 · #2048

Why it resonates: Every data scientist has been there — staring at a scatter plot and reaching for whichever model feels most familiar, long before asking whether it actually fits the data.

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