Dumb quote of the day
Apr. 26th, 2010 08:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snousleDumb quote of the day:
It's a sad statistical reality: Half of us are below average.
[bashes head against keyboard]
I guess there is no hope.
[Update: from a comment]
The really sad thing about the "below average" quip is that when it comes to a whole lot of important metrics - like wealth and income - the vast majority of Americans are "below average". Don't know the number but off the top of my head it is probably more than 90%. That number is a direct measure of inequality. It's not like this is some obscure mathematical factoid, it can lead to serious errors in judgment.
Further, more than 99% of Americans are "above average" drivers, since the 1% that kill themselves or others with their cars are SO BAD that any rational valuation of their driving brings the average so low that non-homicidal drivers look excellent in comparison.
Yeah I get all ranty-rant about this sort of thing.
It's a sad statistical reality: Half of us are below average.
[bashes head against keyboard]
I guess there is no hope.
[Update: from a comment]
The really sad thing about the "below average" quip is that when it comes to a whole lot of important metrics - like wealth and income - the vast majority of Americans are "below average". Don't know the number but off the top of my head it is probably more than 90%. That number is a direct measure of inequality. It's not like this is some obscure mathematical factoid, it can lead to serious errors in judgment.
Further, more than 99% of Americans are "above average" drivers, since the 1% that kill themselves or others with their cars are SO BAD that any rational valuation of their driving brings the average so low that non-homicidal drivers look excellent in comparison.
Yeah I get all ranty-rant about this sort of thing.
