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That depends on how you define an idiot. It's true that one half of people literally has less-than-average intelligence...
by Artoemius 10y ago
That depends on how you define an idiot.
It's true that one half of people literally has less-than-average intelligence...
- regularfry 10y agoDepends on the distribution. And which average.
- umanwizard 10y agoIQ is distributed normally.
- regularfry 10y agoThat's begging the question.
- umanwizard 10y agowhat do you mean?
- regularfry 10y agoThe definition of IQ says that it assumes a normal distribution, with half either side of the mean. To use the definition of IQ as a justification for the statement "half of all people have less than average intelligence" assumes that the distribution of intelligence matches the distribution of IQ.
- dredmorbius 10y agoIf defined traditionally (from the Greek), it's the literal truth. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=idiot&allowed_in_frame=0 http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=idiot&allowed_in_fr...