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> By simple statistics, most people are, on average, about average. I'm pretty sure this isn't true. Averages can be skewed by outliers. It's likely that most
by ncphillips 8y ago
> By simple statistics, most people are, on average, about average.
I'm pretty sure this isn't true. Averages can be skewed by outliers. It's likely that most people are better/worse than average. Consider how the average life expectancy was horribly skewed by infant mortality.
- tome 8y agoYou're right, it isn't true. It doesn't even require outliers, just the curse of dimensionality. See for example https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2016/01/16/when-us-air-force-discovered-the-flaw-of-averages.html https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2016/01/16/when-us-air-...