John H. Robinson, IV wrote:
Andrew Lentvorski wrote:
work can thrive and yell for a living wage.
50% of people are *below average*.
*NO*.
*WRONG*. Given the population of the United States (which is what we
are discussing, but even a population as large as GM employees will be
sufficient), the distribution of talent has enough discrete individuals
that it will approximate a normal curve and the mean and the median will
be indistinguishable.
50% of the people are below _median_. A few really really low or high
people can skew the results to where average != median.
Your comment that the mean does not have to be the same as the median is
technically accurate, but inapplicable and incorrect given the
statistical populations being discussed.
If you wish to argue that the distribution of talent for a task in the
United States does not approximate a normal distribution, I am going to
ask for your evidence.
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