Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician who made significant contributions to many fields, including number theory, algebra, statistics, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, ...
The bell curve is an ideal and like all ideologies there are limits to its utility. Pattern recognition software and biochemical calculations regulate our intentionality. A symbiosis between man and machine. Black swans and other such extremophiles lie dormant in oceans of randomness. Be careful.
If there is such a thing a profession should be tormented with an outcome with no explanation. Intuitions are like pumps, according to Daniel Dennett they are often abused.
