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minus-squarePons_Aelius@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoThink for a moment how stupid the average person is…Then realise that half the population is dumber than that. - George Carlin
minus-squarekromem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoThe problem is that most people overestimate the average person too. So it’s more like “imagine the average person, and realize around 70% of the population is dumber than that.”
minus-squarePretzilla@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-28 months ago*median, but we’ll let it slide, George It kind of plays into the joke anyway
minus-squarefidodo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoWhat’s the difference when talking about people rather than a metric?
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoNot sure, but in this case it’s a metric about people.
minus-squarefidodo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoI parse the sentence differently then. The subject is the “average person”, not the “average person’s intelligence”.
Think for a moment how stupid the average person is…Then realise that half the population is dumber than that. - George Carlin
My favorite quote of all time.
The problem is that most people overestimate the average person too.
So it’s more like “imagine the average person, and realize around 70% of the population is dumber than that.”
*median, but we’ll let it slide, George
It kind of plays into the joke anyway
What’s the difference when talking about people rather than a metric?
Not sure, but in this case it’s a metric about people.
I parse the sentence differently then. The subject is the “average person”, not the “average person’s intelligence”.