View Full Version : Paraphrase of the Day


JohnR
11-02-2011, 07:49 PM
Half the people in any given society are of below average intelligence.

:rotf2:

timmah
11-03-2011, 03:39 PM
Half the people in any given society are of below average intelligence.

:rotf2:

And over fifty percent are smarter than half of the others.

JohnR
11-03-2011, 03:51 PM
And over fifty percent are smarter than half of the others.


Well, no, 50 % are smarter but not over 50% are smarter, eh? Looks like someone is joining me right around the 50 mark :rotf2:

Saltheart
11-04-2011, 11:53 AM
Be carefull of the difference between median and average (mean). I swear in todays society its more like 80 percent of the people have below average intelligence. If you don't understand how 80 percent can be of below average (mean) intelligence , you are part of the 80 percent below average. :)

9 people have the following IQ's (not always the best measure of itelligence)

60 , 70, 90, 86, 68, 85, 88 , 87, 220.......average IQ of the 9 people is 94.8. In this group only one person has above average intelligence and that one person happens to be at the "genius" level. 8 of the 9 have below average intelligence.

Numbers don't lie , people do! :)