>>> Worrying fact: 50% of the population has below-average intelligence.
>>> (!!!)
> 
> So... If we have 4 men, with intelligences 1, 8, 9 and 9, the average is 
> (1+8+9+9)/4=6,75, so 75% of men are more intelligent than average person 
> (who, if he existed, would be over 6 times as intelligent as the dumpest 
> one).

Sure. And nobody actually has 4.2 children. But that doesn't mean it's 
not a meaningful concept.

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