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[–] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Remember a scary thing about average IQ: half of the people have IQ below that number, hence “average”.

[–] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's not really how averages work, that's the median, but I get your point. In order for that to be average there have to be scores lower.

[–] Lojcs@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Median can also be called average. Average doesn't strictly mean mean

[–] tool@r.rosettast0ned.com 2 points 1 year ago

His mind's gonna be blown when he finds out about Mode averages.