Re:Radio users reminded not to use radios in crimes
by chrisseaton on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @10:42AM
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Do you know the term 'histogram'? Think about three pillars superimposed on the image you can see in the Wikipedia link - people around the middle, people below the middle group, people above the middle group. Most people are in the middle group. Most people are about as smart as you. A smaller number people are less smart and a smaller number are more smart. Get it?
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Re:Radio users reminded not to use radios in crimes
by sangnoir on Thursday January 21, 2021 @08:16PM
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> Most people are about as smart as you.
You're introducing fuzzy language/approximations, which I was avoiding: one can say - in absolute terms - that any person above the median is smarter than most of the population.
An IQ band of 85 to 115 has 68% of the population, but are those at the lower end "as smart" as the upper end? The accuracy of your statement depends entirely on how wide your histogram bands are.