I think in many aspects of life, sure, but here it could simply be something akin to how the US air force realized that the idea of "average" seating in jet pla

I think in many aspects of life, sure, but here it could simply be something akin to how the US air force realized that the idea of "average" seating in jet planes was dangerous and completely divorced from reality, driving their push for individually customizable seating. I think it's still ubiquitous that we measure things that aren't clearly generalizable across a wider population, but we think they are.