panda_abyss comments on average physics student vs POTUS 47

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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago (1 child)

Under a normal distribution/bell curve mean and median are the same.

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[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz -1 points 1 month ago (1 child)

Considering intelligence/stupidity isn't defined, it's a lot to assume that its distribution can be approximated by a Gaussian.

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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

I don’t totally disagree, I’ve never seen an actual distribution of random iq scores

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[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 point 1 month ago

And there's plenty of criticism of IQ tests as a proxy for intelligence, even if we did have the data.

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