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noonespecial on March 30, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: FBI wants public help solving encrypted notes from...

Its a scale. With a bell curve. No one is 0% and no one is 100%. Why do half of people claim to be above average?

"Nerdy and slightly awkward" might just mean "a little bit left of the middle". And some are more than others. How far left do I need to be before I get my official merit badge?

schrototo on March 30, 2011 [–]

> Why do half of people claim to be above average?

Because of illusory superiority. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusory_superiority)

noonespecial on March 30, 2011 | [–]

That would be why more than half of people claim this. I should have said "Why could half of people claim to be above the median."

Oh dear. I think I might be below average.

Shibalba on March 30, 2011 | | [–]

Better than having feeble kids, I guess.

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