I respected SA for that. And I think it was on topic for them given the anti-science sentiment transpired from one of the sides. And science will always be political.
When you sample a population you infer the type of distribution and try to sample it in a way that respects the distribution properties, because that can have a great impact on the results.
I'm afraid most people here criticizing her normal distribution remarks are oversimplifying it much more than her.
They aren't. The only people thinking that are radicalized/extremist people or people coming from an academic thesis/reflection (perfectly valid). But the latter is not something you get on this site and I'm sure is not related to the link.