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[-] abbadon420@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago

If we're talking about IQ, than no. An IQ between 85 and 115 is considered average. This entails 68% of the population. So, only 32% of people are not average and only 16% are below average.

[-] Eheran@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

The average is exactly one value and nobody has exactly that value. Since average~mean 50 % are below and 50 % above average.

What you are talking about is a range that is around the average, specifically one standard deviation (=15 points) around the average/mean value, which is a completely arbitrary range and I do not know why you assign "average" to this range. 90 to 109 is a range I know to be attributed "average", still arbitrary, but at least an actually established range.

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