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   by zxdfghj 12y ago

   I don't think that the arithmetic mean is appropriate here (see my replies to two sibling comments) but rather the median. Your second point is a good one - clearly, funniness is subjective. On the other hand, I don't think my arg
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   by zxdfghj 12y ago

   You can meaningfully count up the total number of fingers that five people have between them, and divide it by five. You cannot meaningfully add together how funny five people are and divide it by five. However, you can put five people in
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   by zxdfghj 12y ago

   I know what the distinction between the mean and the median is, and I know which one is appropriate to use with quantity like "how funny someone is" (hint: you can take three people and point to the one who is in the middle on the
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   by zxdfghj 12y ago

   Given that most people are not very funny[0] but that most people like to believe that they are funny, it is probably a very profitable enterprise to sell someone an experience that lets them believe (even if just for an hour) that they a