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#21
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December 5, 2014 at 5:35 am
Duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck....Goose.

Hello. Smile

Much cheers to all.
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December 5, 2014 at 6:17 am
(December 4, 2014 at 7:27 pm)Schwa Wrote: ... buh-gawk!!!!

Welcome from the UK!

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Alex K Offline
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December 10, 2014 at 9:45 am
I just realized your signature is in general false. If you calculate the average stupidity, if the distribution of stupidity is not symmetric, it's not half that are stupider.
Imagine a scenario where 99% are damn stupid and 1% really smart. In that case, 99% are stupider than average.

Quote:"Do you know how stupid the average person can be? Well, by DEFINITION, HALF
of them are STUPIDER than THAT!" -Orton Nenslo
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition

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#24
RE: buk buk...
December 10, 2014 at 10:11 am (This post was last modified: December 10, 2014 at 10:13 am by pocaracas.)
(December 10, 2014 at 9:45 am)Alex K Wrote: I just realized your signature is in general false. If you calculate the average stupidity, if the distribution of stupidity is not symmetric, it's not half that are stupider.
Imagine a scenario where 99% are damn stupid and 1% really smart. In that case, 99% are stupider than average.

Quote:"Do you know how stupid the average person can be? Well, by DEFINITION, HALF
of them are STUPIDER than THAT!" -Orton Nenslo

True.. true.... And here's an example of such a skewed distribution... the Boltzmann distribution:
[Image: maxboltz2.gif]


However, most statistics assume a gaussian distribution which presents the same number of elements at either side of the average value... and this average value is also the most probable.

Which distribution best represents the human IQ level?...hmmm google...
It seems pretty much gaussian:
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December 10, 2014 at 10:26 am (This post was last modified: December 10, 2014 at 10:38 am by Alex K.)
@pocaracas

I think I've read though that IQ tests are designed such that the result is a Gaussian...

p.s. that black/white distribution is such a crass thing. It has to be wrong in some sense, or cultural, there just are no such
systematic genetic differences in intellect, every geneticist will tell you that the variation between individuals of each group is so
much larger than the genetic differences between groups, and what these graphs show is a more than 1 sigma difference...
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#26
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December 10, 2014 at 10:32 am


Welcome cookies
(August 21, 2017 at 11:31 pm)KevinM1 Wrote: "I'm not a troll"
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Hammy Wrote:and we also have a sheep on our bed underneath as well
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December 10, 2014 at 10:44 am
(December 10, 2014 at 10:26 am)Alex K Wrote: @pocaracas

I think I've read though that IQ tests are designed such that the result is a Gaussian...

p.s. that black/white distribution is such a crass thing. It has to be wrong in some sense, or cultural, there just are no such
systematic genetic differences in intellect, every geneticist will tell you that the variation between individuals of each group is so
much larger than the genetic differences between groups, and what these graphs show is a more than 1 sigma difference...

Indeed... if they are made to be gaussian, then half the people will be below the average.

Concerning the differences between genders or races, or whatever... I didn't make the graphs, actually, each image is a link to where I found them, so you can go there and check their results. I put them up as illustration of the gaussian nature of the distribution of human IQ.
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December 10, 2014 at 10:50 am
Welcome
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god.  If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
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