Do you ever stop and think that half the people in the world are dumber than average?
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No, I don't really worry about that all that much, except when I encounter them on AB, or on the highways. +5
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Teachers live with this fact on a daily basis. But there is increasing pressure to get all of their students to perform above average, whether the students want to or not.
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By who's measurement? I don't stop to think about it because I don't think it is necessarily true.
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Well, yes because average is in the middle. Therefore half are dumber and half are smarter.
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Naw cuz they dont bother me. ...do you?
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Funny. Just makes you wonder if you're in that dumber half or not though, lol, since it's half the population. Most people think more highly of themselves than they should. And being educated or literate is not a true marker of intelligence.
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Sadly, more often than I'd like. And I'm scared.
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If I had to think in those terms, I'd prefer to think of average as being the middle third.
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Consider the 'bell curve' the high point of the curve represents those of average intelligence, and the low points on both ends represents those of greater or lesser intelligence. My experience in life has put me in touch with people on both sides of the curve. The well educated can be very smart in their field yet have no 'street smarts'. I have only a high school education, but one of the best compliments I ever got was from a professor friend (PHD) who thought I was very literate.
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I never thought about it until I had to hire people for a relatively easy job. It was a challenge! Also when I go into my son's school, I'm shocked at the kids and what they know. It's scary.
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Never. I don't think I could be so judgemental.
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actually ive stopped and thot that way OVER half the people on earth are UNEDUCATED and can therefore not be blamed for being ignorant....
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Seems to me there is a technical problem with your statement. Shouldn't that be a third of the people? As in: "Dumb", "Average", "Smart"...(assuming that they occur in equal numbers).
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If you thought that you would be wrong. An average does not mean an equal distribution. For example, suppose the following intelligence ratings (on a scale of 1 to 10): 1, 4, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7, 7, 9, 10. Here the average intelliegnce is a 6, and only 4 people are "dumber than average."
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have you seen the movie "Idiocracy"?
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Usually when Im driving or around a wal-mart area.
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