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For a government website it's important that all the citizens can understand it, so it makes sense to use simpler vocabulary. Remember that ~50% of the populati
by Metacelsus 4y ago
For a government website it's important that all the citizens can understand it, so it makes sense to use simpler vocabulary. Remember that ~50% of the population has IQ less than 100.
- MonkeyClub 4y agoIt’s also the government’s job to educate its citizens (or in this case subjects). Has the UK government thrown in the towel wrt education, and now just goes for bare minimum? What’s next, stopping the teaching of grammar in schools? :)
- detaro 4y agoYou really don't understand the difference between "throwing in the towel wrt education" and "acknowledging that not everyone meets those standards" (for a variety of reasons)?
- m0rissette 4y agoI just woke up so don’t feel like fact checking this. Is the population really that mentally challenged? Can you provide a reference to your statistic? Changed “general population” to “population” See, it already had an effect on my writing.
- stkdump 4y agoIt's in the definition of the IQ (assuming a bell curve distribution)
- ohbtvz 4y agoModern IQ tests are normalized with mean 100 and standard deviation 15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_quotient https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_quotient
- giardini 4y agom0rissette says> "I just woke up so don’t feel like fact checking this. Is the population really that mentally challenged? Can you provide a reference to your statistic?[i.e. parent statement: 'Remember that ~50% of the population has IQ less than 100.']<" Thanks for the laugh!8-)) Now go have a cup of coffee.