This non-linear tendency is why complex systems are more likely to follow a power-law probability distribution than the more familiar bell-curve distribution.

FORBES: The Case for Climate-Change Alarmism

In the former scenario, the tail of the distribution thins out more slowly in the power law scenario than it does in the normal distribution.

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Learning about the distribution of earthquakes may not prevent the Big One, but for war and terrorism, power-law statistics may teach governments something about how to defeat the enemy, and make war less deadly.

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