Well, 50% of people are dumber than average. | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		fastball on April 9, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google Wave’s failure is a lesson for modern real-... Well, 50% of people are dumber than average.

thombat on April 9, 2020 [–]

50% are dumber than the median. Confusing mean and median might be a telltale for which half of the population an individual belongs to :-)

SuoDuanDao on April 9, 2020 | | [–]

I thought we had all agreed to pretend that intelligence is normally distributed? ;-)

boomlinde on April 9, 2020 | | [–]

”Average” can mean either.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact