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minus-squarePons_Aeliuslinkfedilink45•edit-21 year agoThink for a moment how stupid the average person is…Then realise that half the population is dumber than that. - George Carlin
minus-square@kromem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish15•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-square@Pretzilla@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink8•edit-21 year ago*median, but we’ll let it slide, George It kind of plays into the joke anyway
minus-square@fidodo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish-1•1 year agoWhat’s the difference when talking about people rather than a metric?
minus-square@ripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•1 year agoNot sure, but in this case it’s a metric about people.
minus-square@fidodo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year 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.