> When people say the median is "better" than the mean, they often can't explain exactly why (other than to cite skew, which I've addressed). Well, 40~50 years

> When people say the median is "better" than the mean, they often can't explain exactly why (other than to cite skew, which I've addressed). Well, 40~50 years of literature on robust statistics happens to disagree with the claim 'people' don't know what they mean (pun unintended) when the say the median is better. Furthermore skew has less to do with that argument than heavy tails. heavy tails are extremely (ok sorry, now its an insider pun) common.