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minus-squarethe_q@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoIt bothers me so much to know how stupid I am and also know there are so many people even stupider than me.
minus-squarePons_Aelius@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year 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-up1·1 year 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-up1·edit-21 year ago*median, but we’ll let it slide, George It kind of plays into the joke anyway
minus-squarefidodo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoWhat’s the difference when talking about people rather than a metric?
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoNot sure, but in this case it’s a metric about people.
minus-squarefidodo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoI parse the sentence differently then. The subject is the “average person”, not the “average person’s intelligence”.
minus-squareblazeknave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoYeah. I’m dumb. I’m also in the top percentile of intelligence. No bueno.
minus-squareBurn_The_Right@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoI mean you can’t be that dumb. You speak French.
It bothers me so much to know how stupid I am and also know there are so many people even stupider than me.
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”.
Yeah. I’m dumb. I’m also in the top percentile of intelligence. No bueno.
I mean you can’t be that dumb. You speak French.
Tushy!