That’s quite a reduction and profoundly stupid. First off, the simple fact that-- WOAH, there’s a wall here??
Comment on brains!
blandfordforever@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Contrary to popular belief, we’re all profoundly stupid. Even the smartest among us spend enormous effort in their struggle to comprehend our surroundings.
Empricorn@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
esc27@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
At least half of us are below average.
Eheran@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
You mean the median? :3
yogurtwrong@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
But in a perfect bell curve, isn’t the median always the same as the average?
And even if it’s not a perfectly symetrical bell curve, aren’t they generally close enough to ignore the differance
Eheran@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yes Yes, with IQ both are the ~same. It was more of a teasing joke.
FinalRemix@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
It can’t be that many.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
It’s not. I assure you there are far more outliers on the low end.
milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
I endeavour to be as stupid as possible so more people can be above average.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
But I’m sure there are more people with 200+ IQ than with <0.
abbadon420@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
If we’re talking about IQ, than no. An IQ between 85 and 115 is considered average. This entails 68% of the population. So, only 32% of people are not average and only 16% are below average.
Eheran@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The average is exactly one value and nobody has exactly that value. Since average~mean 50 % are below and 50 % above average.
What you are talking about is a range that is around the average, specifically one standard deviation (=15 points) around the average/mean value, which is a completely arbitrary range and I do not know why you assign “average” to this range. 90 to 109 is a range I know to be attributed “average”, still arbitrary, but at least an actually established range.