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minus-squarePons_Aelius@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up49arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoThink for a moment how stupid the average person is…Then realise that half the population is dumber than that. - George Carlin
minus-squarekromem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 year agoThe problem is that most people overestimate the average person too. So it’s more like “imagine the average person, and realize around 70% of the population is dumber than that.”
minus-squarePretzilla@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·edit-21 year ago*median, but we’ll let it slide, George It kind of plays into the joke anyway
minus-squarefidodo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·1 year agoWhat’s the difference when talking about people rather than a metric?
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoNot sure, but in this case it’s a metric about people.
minus-squarefidodo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoI parse the sentence differently then. The subject is the “average person”, not the “average person’s intelligence”.
minus-squareblazeknave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·1 year agoYeah. I’m dumb. I’m also in the top percentile of intelligence. No bueno.
minus-squareBurn_The_Right@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 year agoI mean you can’t be that dumb. You speak French.
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Think for a moment how stupid the average person is…Then realise that half the population is dumber than that. - George Carlin
The problem is that most people overestimate the average person too.
So it’s more like “imagine the average person, and realize around 70% of the population is dumber than that.”
*median, but we’ll let it slide, George
It kind of plays into the joke anyway
What’s the difference when talking about people rather than a metric?
Not sure, but in this case it’s a metric about people.
I parse the sentence differently then. The subject is the “average person”, not the “average person’s intelligence”.
My favorite quote of all time.
Yeah. I’m dumb. I’m also in the top percentile of intelligence. No bueno.
I mean you can’t be that dumb. You speak French.
Tushy!