• leftzero@lemmynsfw.com
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    1 month ago

    24th out of 102 should not be considered “dumber than average”.

    Isn’t, by definition, a score of 100 in the test supposed to be average…? If so, 98 would definitely be below average, though not by much.

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      1 month ago

      Consider the numbers presented. If you can figure out the math on how to get the 24th ranked countries out of 102 rankings to be below 100, then I’ll reconsider.

      The countries who rank higher than 100 only have about 1.5 billion people within them and their average is only slightly higher compared to the countries that have an average significantly lower. For example, India with its 1 billion people is on there at an average of 82.

      The math doesn’t add up for an average global human. I think we need to know more about how the scores in the study are calculated.