This take is an example of a phenomenon I've come to describe as "stat-rot". Completely missing the point about how people live because of a hyper-focus on med

This take is an example of a phenomenon I've come to describe as "stat-rot". Completely missing the point about how people live because of a hyper-focus on median statistics. By definition, the median describes exactly one person to perfect resolution, and the rest of the population only in a binary higher/lower relation. The explanatory power of median statistics is marginally better than mean statistics, but it is not a substitute for and cannot serve to explain outcomes that do not fit the restrictive mold of the "median" person.