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The median is the midpoint where 50% of people are above/below the threshold. If there are outliers, and perhaps we can agree there are outliers on the smart/du
by grammer__ 4y ago
The median is the midpoint where 50% of people are above/below the threshold. If there are outliers, and perhaps we can agree there are outliers on the smart/dumb scale, it can skew the average above or below the median.
- jks 4y agoAnd I guess being extremely dumb carries a larger risk of death than being extremely smart, so if people start out symmetrically distributed along this scale, the distribution will skew right over time.