Paraphrase of the Day

[JohnR]

Half the people in any given society are of below average intelligence.

[timmah]

Originally Posted by JohnR

Half the people in any given society are of below average intelligence.

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

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by timmah

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

[Saltheart]

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!