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[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago (2 children) I'm often reminded of the saying Imagine how dumb the average person is and realise that half the population are more stupid than that permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago To be fair people like the orange turnip and his followers are heavily tipping the scales in that direction all by themselves. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (2 children) Average doesn't have to be in the middle. You've probably meant "median" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dactylotheca@suppo.fi 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Intelligence (and I don't mean IQ but intelligence as an abstract trait) is probably normally distributed just like the vast majority of other biological traits, so the mean is the median permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago In other words, and less often repeated, "half of them are smarter than that!" permalink fedilink source parent [–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago I mean... Median is a type of average, just because I wasn't being specific doesn't mean I was wrong permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago To be fair people like the orange turnip and his followers are heavily tipping the scales in that direction all by themselves. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (2 children) Average doesn't have to be in the middle. You've probably meant "median" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dactylotheca@suppo.fi 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Intelligence (and I don't mean IQ but intelligence as an abstract trait) is probably normally distributed just like the vast majority of other biological traits, so the mean is the median permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago In other words, and less often repeated, "half of them are smarter than that!" permalink fedilink source parent [–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago I mean... Median is a type of average, just because I wasn't being specific doesn't mean I was wrong permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dactylotheca@suppo.fi 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Intelligence (and I don't mean IQ but intelligence as an abstract trait) is probably normally distributed just like the vast majority of other biological traits, so the mean is the median permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago In other words, and less often repeated, "half of them are smarter than that!" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago In other words, and less often repeated, "half of them are smarter than that!" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago I mean... Median is a type of average, just because I wasn't being specific doesn't mean I was wrong permalink fedilink source parent