Quote from: sockpuppet1 on May 12, 2016, 08:12:07 AM

Quote from: ObscureBean on May 12, 2016, 06:26:50 AM

I'm not sure it is mathematically/logically possible that half the human population be dumber than the average

Ahem. Did you not learn about the Gaussian distribution in high school like the rest of us did.

Quote from: illodin on May 12, 2016, 06:03:33 AM

Quote from: sockpuppet1 on May 11, 2016, 11:50:37 AM

The few posters with a brain stem, prevent the thread from being turned into a disinformation campaign by those who are either of only average intelligence (thus not adroit with logic) or those intentionally disingenuous trolls. Which classification do you reckon applies to DooMAD?

Given that half of the human population are dumber than average, and if we estimate 25% of the population are dishonest (feel free to adjust this number, my view might be too cynical), he has 12.5% chance of being intentionally disingenuous.

Lol. But in order for your logic to work, you need to assume that he is dishonest with himself, i.e. blinded by their own ideologies, which I find to actually be the case with ideologues.

First off. If by Gaussian distribution you're referring to statistics and probability, I'll stop you right there. These have got to be two of the biggest ever scams that have come to be accepted as science, they're a disgrace to Mathematics Cheesy

I'm being serious.

But if you care to explain it to me, I'd love to hear all about the Gaussian distribution and how it validates his statement. In layman's terms of course Tongue