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After all the average human has one breast and one testicle.
by saulpw 1mo ago
After all the average human has one breast and one testicle.
- tails4e 1mo agoAmd less than 2 legs. If even one person has 1 leg, then the average is strictly less than 2.
- latexr 1mo agoI’ve heard this phrased as “the average person has an above average number of legs”.
- fooofw 1mo agoWouldn't "the typical person has above average number of legs" or some such be better?
- t-3 1mo agoYes, but less pithy. Placing the "average person" next to the "average number of legs" makes it clear that the idiomatic and intuitive sense of "average" that most people have is wrong. The more precise "typical person" doesn't make that same point as well, though an intelligent reader would certainly be expected to be able to read the same from it.
- M95D 29d agoMedian person?