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Quote from: Septy on January 20, 2016, 11:59:01 AM

To be fair I was only talking about the people in this forum.

You'd still be completely fucking wrong.

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I made a mistake.

Yes you did.

Why are you being so hostile over something so little.

Is it because I called you average.

Because not only are you wrong, you immediately backpedal.

So you think the majority of people are below average or something?

How in the name of FUCK did you get that from my posts?

No, I think there are average and above average people. I'll leave it to you to amuse us all by figuring which category you're a part of.

And the majority of people are average. That's why it's called an average.

HAHAHAHAHAHA LOOK AT HIM TRY TO TWIST THIS HOLY SHIT LOL

You asserted EVERYBODY is average. You're wrong. You back pedaled, then you tried to personally attack me, and now you're trying to use the word "average" in your favor by saying you meant you were talking about averages and that you didn't very clearly say "we are all average".

Just stop. This shitty thread needs to be locked.

Everybody here probably is average. The actual smart people wouldn't go on a forum like this.

He has a good point.

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Quote from: Septy on January 20, 2016, 12:01:34 PM

Quote from: challengerX on January 20, 2016, 12:00:40 PM

Quote from: Septy on January 20, 2016, 11:59:01 AM

To be fair I was only talking about the people in this forum.

You'd still be completely fucking wrong.

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I made a mistake.

Yes you did.

Why are you being so hostile over something so little.

Is it because I called you average.

Because not only are you wrong, you immediately backpedal.

So you think the majority of people are below average or something?

How in the name of FUCK did you get that from my posts?

No, I think there are average and above average people. I'll leave it to you to amuse us all by figuring which category you're a part of.

And the majority of people are average. That's why it's called an average.

HAHAHAHAHAHA LOOK AT HIM TRY TO TWIST THIS HOLY SHIT LOL

You asserted EVERYBODY is average. You're wrong. You back pedaled, then you tried to personally attack me, and now you're trying to use the word "average" in your favor by saying you meant you were talking about averages and that you didn't very clearly say "we are all average".

Just stop. This shitty thread needs to be locked.

Everybody here probably is average. The actual smart people wouldn't go on a forum like this.

"probably."

DAMN SON YOU'RE LOSING GROUND.

But, really. I think you're looking at it out of context in the wrong light. A lot of people here either have a decent head on them or they're known for doing something interesting. The real binding factor here, is, actually, that we're all outcasts in some form, and we've all got personal baggage.

I think a lot of people here could be much more than they are now if they didn't have their respective baggage in the way.

Maybe some are outcasts. For some Sep7 is just a form of social media like Facebook.

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Quote from: Septy on January 20, 2016, 12:01:34 PM

Quote from: challengerX on January 20, 2016, 12:00:40 PM

Quote from: Septy on January 20, 2016, 11:59:01 AM

To be fair I was only talking about the people in this forum.

You'd still be completely fucking wrong.

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I made a mistake.

Yes you did.

Why are you being so hostile over something so little.

Is it because I called you average.

Because not only are you wrong, you immediately backpedal.

So you think the majority of people are below average or something?

How in the name of FUCK did you get that from my posts?

No, I think there are average and above average people. I'll leave it to you to amuse us all by figuring which category you're a part of.

And the majority of people are average. That's why it's called an average.

HAHAHAHAHAHA LOOK AT HIM TRY TO TWIST THIS HOLY SHIT LOL

You asserted EVERYBODY is average. You're wrong. You back pedaled, then you tried to personally attack me, and now you're trying to use the word "average" in your favor by saying you meant you were talking about averages and that you didn't very clearly say "we are all average".

Just stop. This shitty thread needs to be locked.

Everybody here probably is average. The actual smart people wouldn't go on a forum like this.

"probably."

DAMN SON YOU'RE LOSING GROUND.

But, really. I think you're looking at it out of context in the wrong light. A lot of people here either have a decent head on them or they're known for doing something interesting. The real binding factor here, is, actually, that we're all outcasts in some form, and we've all got personal baggage.

I think a lot of people here could be much more than they are now if they didn't have their respective baggage in the way.

Maybe some are outcasts. For some Sep7 is just a form of social media like Facebook.

Then maybe you haven't been watching around here long enough. Maybe you haven't talked or listened to people. You don't only have to be a social reject with no friends to show up here. The key point, is baggage.

Every single person here has it.

And if we take human behavior into account, similiar people ALWAYS find each other and group together. This group exists for a reason. Most of the people here are oddballs in their own unique ways. That doesn't mean all of them are friendless social rejects. Or that all of them have baggage.

But, undisputably, we're the weird bunch.

Anyway, the notion that all men are created equal is a myth institutionally propagated in order to legitimize democracy and egalitarian thinking. All people are not the same, there will always be those who can rise above. Those who refuse to recognize this truth are simply terrified of a meritocratic society because they lack confidence.

You've completely missed the point of this thread and clearly did not read the OP.

Quote from: Septy on January 20, 2016, 12:07:33 PM

And the majority of people are average. That's why it's called an average.

No. An average, or a mean, measures the central tendency of a group of numbers; this does not imply that most people are in the center, it implied that the mean of the sample is concentrated there. How "smart" varies greatly from person to person, there isn't a clearly definitive pattern. There are a lot of outliers, meaning that an average is pretty useless for guessing the intelligence of a random person plucked off of the street.

I'm using average as a synonym for usual. Usual=most common

If you look at a graph like this 68% of people have around average intelligence. That's a majority of people.

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Quote from: Septy on January 20, 2016, 12:07:33 PM

And the majority of people are average. That's why it's called an average.

No. An average, or a mean, measures the central tendency of a group of numbers; this does not imply that most people are in the center, it implied that the mean of the sample is concentrated there. How "smart" varies greatly from person to person, there isn't a clearly definitive pattern. There are a lot of outliers, meaning that an average is pretty useless for guessing the intelligence of a random person plucked off of the street.

I'm using average as a synonym for usual. Usual=most common

Spoiler

If you look at a graph like this 68% of people have around average intelligence. That's a majority of people.

What's the population? All humans? Humans 18-24? Men 18-24? Americans 48-60? You literally have zero basis for assuming the intelligence of a community based on an unmarked bell-curve that has every possibility of being made for a different demographic.

You're assuming that everyone here also falls in a bell-curve pattern, and you know what they say when you assume: you make an "ass" out of "u" and "me".

Is there anyone here that you can honestly say has displayed that they are of above average intelligence.

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Quote from: Septy on January 20, 2016, 01:02:08 PM

Quote from: Prime Megaten on January 20, 2016, 12:44:55 PM

Quote from: Septy on January 20, 2016, 12:07:33 PM

And the majority of people are average. That's why it's called an average.

No. An average, or a mean, measures the central tendency of a group of numbers; this does not imply that most people are in the center, it implied that the mean of the sample is concentrated there. How "smart" varies greatly from person to person, there isn't a clearly definitive pattern. There are a lot of outliers, meaning that an average is pretty useless for guessing the intelligence of a random person plucked off of the street.

I'm using average as a synonym for usual. Usual=most common

Spoiler

If you look at a graph like this 68% of people have around average intelligence. That's a majority of people.

What's the population? All humans? Humans 18-24? Men 18-24? Americans 48-60? You literally have zero basis for assuming the intelligence of a community based on an unmarked bell-curve that has every possibility of being made for a different demographic.

You're assuming that everyone here also falls in a bell-curve pattern, and you know what they say when you assume: you make an "ass" out of "u" and "me".

Is there anyone here that you can honestly say has displayed that they are of above average intelligence.

what is "intelligence"

the number of things you know?
how you apply that knowledge?
how much life experience you have?

what

and how does you measure it

lol I figured this thread was just a half-assed attempt to put down the members that post on this board.

Just because you don't bring much to the table in terms of discussion on here, doesn't mean that nobody else does.

Quote from: Prime Megaten on January 20, 2016, 01:09:45 PM

Quote from: Septy on January 20, 2016, 01:02:08 PM

Quote from: Prime Megaten on January 20, 2016, 12:44:55 PM

Quote from: Septy on January 20, 2016, 12:07:33 PM

And the majority of people are average. That's why it's called an average.

No. An average, or a mean, measures the central tendency of a group of numbers; this does not imply that most people are in the center, it implied that the mean of the sample is concentrated there. How "smart" varies greatly from person to person, there isn't a clearly definitive pattern. There are a lot of outliers, meaning that an average is pretty useless for guessing the intelligence of a random person plucked off of the street.

I'm using average as a synonym for usual. Usual=most common

Spoiler

If you look at a graph like this 68% of people have around average intelligence. That's a majority of people.

What's the population? All humans? Humans 18-24? Men 18-24? Americans 48-60? You literally have zero basis for assuming the intelligence of a community based on an unmarked bell-curve that has every possibility of being made for a different demographic.

You're assuming that everyone here also falls in a bell-curve pattern, and you know what they say when you assume: you make an "ass" out of "u" and "me".

Is there anyone here that you can honestly say has displayed that they are of above average intelligence.

I mean... I could post my wicked awesome asvab scores that landed me in like... the upper 10% of those tested.