• Elvith Ma'for@feddit.org
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    14 days ago

    Not quite. Think of the median intelligent person; half of them are dumber than that. There’s no guarantee, that the average equates to roughly ‘the middle of the population’.

    With average also 33% might be dumber that that. Or 60% or…

    • Midnight Wolf@lemmy.world
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      13 days ago

      I debated average v median but I was so tired I didn’t want to bother with the brainpower :p thanks for doing the clarification for me