Re: Someone we all should loathe
- From: pensive hamster <pensive_hamster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 12:05:14 -0800 (PST)
On Jan 13, 5:43 pm, cynic_...@xxxxxxxxxxx (Cynic) wrote:
On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:05:48 -0000, "Farmer Giles" <Gi...@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Average is not the same as normal. Average - or 'mean' - is simply aEr, most of us are 'normal' - otherwise it wouldn't be *normal*!Apparently the average person has 2.4 children. In that respect there
is nobody who is "normal"
mathematical construct, normal refers to a range or a pattern.
The dictionary definitions include "average or mean" , "approximately
average" , "complying with accepted community standards" and "within
the expected or accepted range"
And what specific patterns are we looking at when discussing a human
being?
Most people are "normal" in most respects.
Few people are "normal" in *all* respects.
Most people have an above average number of legs.
Most people have two legs. Nobody has three legs, but some people have
only one leg, and a few people have no legs at all. So the average
number of legs is 1.9999. Therefore most people have an above average
number of legs.
(Nicked from a recent BBC 4 programme, 'The Joy of Statistics')
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