Eero Ahonen wrote:
> andrel wrote:
>>
>> We were talking about a population, unless you can come up with a very 
>> good reason why certain extreme intelligences are more likely than 
>> others you may assume the distribution is gaussian 
>> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_limit_theorem).
> 
> Yes. But I can't say for sure (=mention as a fact) that the average line 
> goes exactly at 50% on population.
> 
If the central limit theorem applies (which quite possibly doesn't) than 
the average is far within 0.5 percent of the median for a population 
size like that of the UK. so 50% could be a rounded figure.

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