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When I read the title, I got excited thinking that there would be a discussion about how the law of averages tends to fail to represent a diverse population of
by api_or_ipa 7y ago
When I read the title, I got excited thinking that there would be a discussion about how the law of averages tends to fail to represent a diverse population of humans. It turns out that if you build around a set of average (statistical mean) measurement, you'll end up building a product that fits _nobody_.
Here's a great article from the Star that does a terrific job of discussing this idea. 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-...