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You are clearly in the majority. But let's pick another person at random — what is the probability that you agree on all questions? (Hint: it's not 93%!) You a
by jml7c5 3y ago
You are clearly in the majority. But let's pick another person at random — what is the probability that you agree on all questions? (Hint: it's not 93%!)
You are aligned with majority opinion, but you still disagree with most people.
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There is some similarity to the problem the USAF faced when they wanted to make a cockpit that fit the average pilot:
>Using the size data he had gathered from 4,063 pilots, Daniels calculated the average of the 10 physical dimensions believed to be most relevant for design, including height, chest circumference and sleeve length. These formed the dimensions of the “average pilot,” which Daniels generously defined as someone whose measurements were within the middle 30 per cent of the range of values for each dimension.
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>Out of 4,063 pilots, not a single airman fit within the average range on all 10 dimensions.
https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/when-u-s-air-force-discovered-the-flaw-of-averages/article_e3231734-e5da-5bf5-9496-a34e52d60bd9.html https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/when-u-s-air-force-disc...