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• Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Isn’t the average 100 by design?

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  • Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    It’s not an exact science for starters so a +/- 5 points seems a likely margin, but I guess its just inside one “normality”. 125 would be at +1 and so on (just making example numbers here).

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  • jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    And also by definition of what an average is?

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• hendrik@palaver.p3x.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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  • Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Can we please do this without the ableism? The US government is bad because the people are evil, not because they are stupid. Even if ostensibly they are both.

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    • hendrik@palaver.p3x.de ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Good point. Thanks. I’m gonna self-delete this and take it as an invitiation to think about ableism.

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    • Iconoclast@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You can say that, but it doesn’t make it true. I don’t think most of them are evil, and given their position they’re probably above average intelligence as well.

      True evil is when causing harm (or suffering) is not merely a means to an end, but the end itself - the person derives pleasure or satisfaction from the act of harming others, independent of any larger goal. They don’t rationalize it as “necessary” or “for the greater good.” The suffering is the point.

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