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Re:Uber will start deactivating riders with low ratings by FabHK on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @08:52PM (#20047311)
They might be by yesterday’s standards (Flynn effect and all).
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Re:Uber will start deactivating riders with low ratings by JohnFen on Thursday May 30, 2019 @05:05PM (#20055905)
Flynn effect or not (and the evidence supporting the Flynn effect is weak at best), most people are not exceptional.

Even if the average is rising, the average is still the average. Only people far above average are "exceptional", even if the average person of today would be considered "exceptional" 100 years ago.

The normal distribution curve may (or may not) be sliding along the scale, but its shape doesn't change.

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