The majority of people have an above average number of legs.

[Fritzo]

This is true.

 

[SaDiZTiKStyLeZ]

You just realized having no legs was below average?

 

[Slew Foot]

The number of one/zero legged people is higher than the three or more legged people so the average number of legs on a human is likely 1.9xxxxxxxxxxxx

Most people have 2 legs, so most people are higher than average, congratulate yourself.

 

[Perknose]

OP, you're pulling mine.

 

[shiner]

Granted it is quite large, but it doesn't quite reach the ground so I'm not sure it qualifies as a leg.

 

[mmntech]

They call it my "third leg", but I don't think that counts.

 

[blinblue]

I like this. Going to post this as my facebook status and see how many people get confused

 

[dighn]

haha sounds ridiculous but is true.

wait are you making fun of amputees?! booo /pc committee

 

[zerocool84]

I like this. Going to post this as my facebook status and see how many people get confused

Am I the only one still trying to wrap my head around this???



I went back to Slew Foot's post and reread it so now I get it.

 

[MotF Bane]

i lol'd

 

[Newbian]

They call it my "third leg", but I don't think that counts.

Can you lean forward and support yourself with it?

If so it counts.

 

[ISAslot]

Granted it is quite large, but it doesn't quite reach the ground so I'm not sure it qualifies as a leg.

Wow 2" legs. Bummer man.

 

[blinblue]

Am I the only one still trying to wrap my head around this???

Read Slew Foot's post

Basically, consider a group of 20 people, all have 2 legs except for one guy who has one. Consider the data set:
1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2
The average is
(1+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2)/20 = 1.95

The majority of the group has 2 legs, however 2>1.95, so the majority have more than the average number of legs.

Of course in real life the occurrence of <2 legs is rarer that 1/20, but the principle is the same. The average is probably something like 1.99998 or something like that. And 2 is still > than that

 

[zerocool84]

Read Slew Foot's post

Basically, consider a group of 20 people, all have 2 legs except for one guy who has one. Consider the data set:
1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2
The average is
(1+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2)/20 = 1.95

The majority of the group has 2 legs, however 2>1.95, so the majority have more than the average number of legs.

Of course in real life the occurrence of <2 legs is rarer that 1/20, but the principle is the same. The average is probably something like 1.99998 or something like that. And 2 is still > than that

Yea I finally got it. Stupid arithmetic mean but thank you for dumbing it down for people like me that don't think with math all the time.

 

[blinblue]

Yea I finally got it. Stupid arithmetic mean but thank you for dumbing it down for people like me that don't think with math all the time.

Good point, one could get all snarky back at this and point out that average could very well mean the median or mode (which in both of those cases would equal 2). But I'd imagine most people mean (no pun intended) "arithmetic mean" when they say "average"

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

This should have been a poll so we could see how many idiots don't understand averages.

 

[FoBoT]

i guess we'll have to do something about this

 

[Ichinisan]

Am I the only one still trying to wrap my head around this???



I went back to Slew Foot's post and reread it so now I get it.

I normally have trouble "getting it," but I understood this one the moment I read the topic title.

 

[Leros]

The mass of my testicles is twice as much as the average American.

statistics are fun

 

[moshquerade]

women are still the majority, so... no.

 

[Leros]

women are still the majority, so... no.

Don't forget babies and children, and the possibility that I have big balls.

 

[OCGuy]

Great thread.

 

[moshquerade]

Don't forget babies and children, and the possibility that I have big balls.

you've got the biggest balls of them all?

 

[OCGuy]

Pics: This thread needs them.

Mosh is up first.

 

[shortylickens]

women are still the majority, so... no.

If you're the majority why cant you run anything?
:awe: