So has average intelligence fallen that much or has the distribution changed so much that the median and the average are quite different? Maybe our graph is now u shaped with a huge number at very low intelligence and equal a very high and not much middle ground? What is it about the internet and 24hour news that has collectively dumbed down the population?
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Gates9@sh.itjust.works 19 hours ago
“Think of how stupid the average person is. Now understand that HALF us are even stupider than that!”
Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca 17 hours ago
REDACTED@infosec.pub 12 hours ago
News cycles are breeding grounds for hate. In return, hate is breeding grounds for ignorance, which is closely linked to either cognitive decline or unintelligence
floo@retrolemmy.com 11 hours ago
Aww— leaky Nazi cunt has a cry cry
Kill yourself
Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 11 hours ago
This may be a bot, post history is the same thing over and over.
veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering
- Abraham Lincoln
Decoy321@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Carlin really had some amazing quotes
Dicska@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
The difference is not huge, but that is the definition of median.
Example: There are five kids in the class: Alicia (4’), Beth (4’), Charles (5’), Dan (7’) and Emma (3 miles). The average height of the class is 1060 feet. Are half of the kids taller/shorter than that? Nah. However, the median is Charles’ height, 5 feet. ~Half of the students are above that, and ~half of them are below. If it’s an even number of students, the median is between the two middle ones.
Also, I’m slightly worried about Emma.