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[-] Uglyhead@lemmy.world 89 points 2 years ago

20/80 out of any population are absolute numbskulls

[-] tegs_terry@feddit.uk 38 points 2 years ago

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

George Carlin

[-] Sheeple@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

50% of humanity is below average Intelligence

[-] snooggums@kbin.social 33 points 2 years ago
[-] fatzgebum@feddit.de 17 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.

[-] Sheeple@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago
[-] pyr0ball@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

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[-] itslilith 5 points 2 years ago

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

[-] snooggums@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago
[-] itslilith 4 points 2 years ago

'bout 1 significant digit, I'd say

[-] nicetriangle@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

I think that's being generous

[-] Uglyhead@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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.

[-] nicetriangle@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

Yeah life’s quite a work in progress

[-] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Fourthteenth percent of people know that!!

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