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[–] [email protected] 86 points 2 years ago (4 children)

20/80 out of any population are absolute numbskulls

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 years ago

Imagine how dumb the average person is, then remember that half the world is dumber than that.

George Carlin

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

50% of humanity is below average Intelligence

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Intelligence is often modelled as a bell curve, where median and average (arithmetic mean) are equal.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

median is a type of average, just like arithmetic or geometric mean

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

'bout 1 significant digit, I'd say

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think that's being generous

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

There are others that are somewhat numbskulls, then some that are sorta numbskull-ish.

I’ve been all these during my lifetime for sure. Just striving to be ‘Less Numbskull’ is a lifelong pursuit.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Yeah life’s quite a work in progress

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Fourthteenth percent of people know that!!