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Third of UK teenagers believe climate change exaggerated, report shows
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20/80 out of any population are absolute numbskulls
50% of humanity is below average Intelligence
M E D I A N
Intelligence is often modelled as a bell curve, where median and average (arithmetic mean) are equal.
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median is a type of average, just like arithmetic or geometric mean
P R E C I S I O N
'bout 1 significant digit, I'd say
Fourthteenth percent of people know that!!
I think that's being generous
There are others that are somewhat numbskulls, then some that are sorta numbskull-ish.
I’ve been all these during my lifetime for sure. Just striving to be ‘Less Numbskull’ is a lifelong pursuit.
Yeah life’s quite a work in progress