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minus-squarePons_Aeliuslinkfedilink47•edit-25 months agoThink for a moment how stupid the average person is…Then realise that half the population is dumber than that. - George Carlin
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish16•5 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•edit-25 months ago*median, but we’ll let it slide, George It kind of plays into the joke anyway
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-1•5 months agoWhat’s the difference when talking about people rather than a metric?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•5 months agoNot sure, but in this case it’s a metric about people.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•5 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
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”.
My favorite quote of all time.