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Re:Apple has threatened to ban Parler from the App Store by Terretta on Friday January 08, 2021 @08:43PM (#25694927)
> I find it implausible half the population is dumb

Half the population is dumber than average.

Re:Apple has threatened to ban Parler from the App Store by lliamander on Friday January 08, 2021 @10:05PM (#25695956)
It's highly improbable that the right wind of politics solely resides within the lower half of the bell curve, or that there is even a strong correlation.
Re:Apple has threatened to ban Parler from the App Store by freeone3000 on Friday January 08, 2021 @10:40PM (#25696477)
No, it's not, because it's a self-association. You might as well say it's highly improbable that the lowest income are also the least educated -- nothing says these variables are independent, and it's highly likely that they are, in fact, linked.
Re:Apple has threatened to ban Parler from the App Store by lliamander on Friday January 08, 2021 @11:02PM (#25696717)
Let me put it this way: there not a strong correlation, and the relationship is too complicated to support nice, self-serving narratives.
Re:Apple has threatened to ban Parler from the App Store by sillypecan on Friday January 08, 2021 @10:02PM (#25695914)
Yes, but the average person is smart. For instance, if I average 95, 95, and 95, then the average is 95. If I average 94, 94, 94, 95, 95, and 95 and the average is 94.5, does that mean the other half is stupid? Of course not, which is why people who keep saying this over and over are below average. You can tell because they aren't saying anything important.
Re:Apple has threatened to ban Parler from the App Store by chordalkeyboard on Saturday January 09, 2021 @04:45AM (#25698987)
depends on how you calculate average. More than half the population could be dumber than the mean intelligence. Intelligence is not a normal distribution, but skewed left.