On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:17:36 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>>>> But look on the bright side; your score of 121 is still quite a bit
>>>> higher than the mean of 100.
>>> Unfortunately, the "average" person is really, really stupid...
>> 
>> By definition, you know that's not true.  "Average" is *average*, not
>> *below average*.
> 
> How do you work that out?

Mathematically.

> Depending on precisely which "average" you mean and what kind of
> distribution the population follows, if *most* people are stupid, then
> the "average" person is also... stupid.

Mathematically, if most people are stupid, the average goes down, and 
"stupid" becomes "below average" for the new average.

A score in the 120's is not "stupid" by any stretch.  Sheesh.

Jim

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