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| Thread ID: 104537 | 2009-10-30 21:49:00 | I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! | WalOne (4202) | PC World Chat |
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| 825722 | 2009-10-31 02:25:00 | Don't forget the genetic defect bulge as well, that puts a fair number at the bottom, the very bright pull the average up. | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 825723 | 2009-10-31 02:38:00 | I'm not quite sure what you're on about there, but you're wrong. Brutal. |
roddy_boy (4115) | ||
| 825724 | 2009-10-31 05:13:00 | I have to wonder,then, by how many % over the afformentioned 50% would the intelligence of NZ go up if all the politicians left the country at the same time????? PJ | Poppa John (284) | ||
| 825725 | 2009-10-31 06:34:00 | My point is, Is that if half the population is below average, comparing the population, then the population should be below average. You are trying to compare numbers, not people. In the case of poulation, How can one person be three? |
the_bogan (9949) | ||
| 825726 | 2009-10-31 07:02:00 | My point is, Is that if half the population is below average, comparing the population, then the population should be below average. You are trying to compare numbers, not people. In the case of poulation, How can one person be three?You're still not thinking this through properly. When you compare members of a population based on intelligence, what you are actually doing is comparing the 'intelligence value' for each member. How else do you propose to represent that value if not numerically? |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 825727 | 2009-10-31 07:11:00 | You're still not thinking this through properly. When you compare members of a population based on intelligence, what you are actually doing is comparing the 'intelligence value' for each member. How else do you propose to represent that value if not numerically? You're still assuming I am taking other factors into account, other than population. I am not. |
the_bogan (9949) | ||
| 825728 | 2009-10-31 07:22:00 | Think this way: Eisenstein has an IQ of 200 (genius), and John Joe, Jack and Jason have an IQ of 75 (slightly disabled). So can we say that the population is of average intelligence? 100? That would make everyone of average intelligence? But that does not reflect the reality, does it? 4 have a mental illness, one is a genius. You can't go with the mean alone, you have to go with median vs mean. |
Cato (6936) | ||
| 825729 | 2009-10-31 07:32:00 | You're still assuming I am taking other factors into account, other than population. I am not.Then what are you averaging? People aren't numbers, so you can't just average people. The process of calculating a mean is inherently numerical, and requires a value to compare. You can't simply say "I'm averaging the population", you have to average based on something. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 825730 | 2009-10-31 07:46:00 | Then what are you averaging? People aren't numbers, so you can't just average people. The process of calculating a mean is inherently numerical, and requires a value to compare. You can't simply say "I'm averaging the population", you have to average based on something. Okay, I admit it, I was basing it on the number of smoking females to non smoking males. I still stand by my point though, you said population, not people. :p |
the_bogan (9949) | ||
| 825731 | 2009-10-31 08:14:00 | Okay, I admit it, I was basing it on the number of smoking females to non smoking males. I still stand by my point though, you said population, not people. :p Now you're just trolling ;). Whether you stand by it or not, your point (even post-nitpicking) still makes no sense - you're only digging the hole deeper here. Anyway... back on topic? We've hijacked the thread. |
Erayd (23) | ||
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