If 85 people have an IQ of 100 and 15 have an IQ of 0, then 85% are smarter than the average.
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Railcar8095@lemmy.world 17 hours ago"PFF, I’m smarter than the average person"
- 85% of the people
masterofn001@lemmy.ca 12 hours ago
ignirtoq@feddit.online 6 hours ago
Eh, average is an ambiguous term. While in statistics it often means “mean,” it can also mean “median” or “mode,” and I would argue the layperson saying “average” intends it to mean “typical,” which is closer to median (or even more). And in that case, those 85 percent would not be smarter than average.
RogueBanana@piefed.zip 6 hours ago
Hey, don’t call me out like that.