“That’s what causes regression to the mean: not a mysterious mediocrity-loving force, but the simple working of heredity intermingled with chance.”
[How not to be wrong, Jordan Ellenberg]
At the beginning of the month, I check the number of visitors and views on my blog and say: “What? Too many people come in! Then, my blog is ON PACE to break my monthly record!!” I am really excited about this shock rise. At the end of the month, my eyes widen in surprise because the average number of people visited, no new record (Sigh). This shows “The Triumph of Mediocrity.” Some data intertwined with deterministic factors and uncertainties show a tendency to regress to the mean.
This simple mathematical observation gives a lesson about how to live. There is no (deterministic) equation of success. Even if it exists, it has too many uncertainties so we cannot solve this equation. When you achieved something that you want, this success does not only stem from your skills, abilities, intelligence, and effort. Rather, uncertainties (many people call this “luck”) may drive your way to success. Just when you think that you find the equation of the success, your next try may fail and you will be back to the mean – we call this “Sophomore Slump.” So please be humble. please do not stumble on your success. Also, if you did your best but failed, please try one more, the triumph of mediocrity may take you to the success.
Everybody makes DATA 