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[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

"I'm smarter than the average person"

  • 85% of the people
[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

If 85 people have an IQ of 100 and 15 have an IQ of 0, then 85% are smarter than the average.

[–] ignirtoq@feddit.online 3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Eh, average is an ambiguous term. While in statistics it often means "mean," it can also mean "median" or "mode," and I would argue the layperson saying "average" intends it to mean "typical," which is closer to median (or even mode). And in that case, those 85 percent would not be smarter than average.

[–] RogueBanana@piefed.zip 1 points 16 hours ago

Hey, don't call me out like that.