The first comment is bizarre. If you have ever taken an elementary stats class you'll know that a "so-called" normal distribution has nothing whatsoever to do with "default humans". I don't expect regular people to know anything about stats, but I would expect a contributor to Scientific American to.
Honestly to me it sounded like something a science-y type might write to take the piss out of woke culture
Honestly to me it sounded like something a science-y type might write to take the piss out of woke culture