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Think about how dumb the average person is. And then remember that half of them are dumber than that!
Carlin was a prophet
But he was shit at statistics. He mixes up median and mean.
Statistically, IQ follows a standard distribution, so the median and mean should be relatively close.
And you lose most of the audience when discussing median, I'm guessing there was a conscious choice to sacrifice some accuracy for comedic value
And there's a certain brilliance to that choice in that everyone, even if they don't fully understand the statement and it's implications, everyone always laughs.
He tricked the stupid half into laughing at their own stupidity.
I think a lot of the time people see stupidity in differences of values and limited visibility of the context the decision was made. I think this is why so many people think so many people are stupid. 'Stupid people' make choices that the observer sees as having 'poor results'.
Like when a lane ends on the highway:
-- People are stupid (and selfish) for not letting cars in when their lane ends (dangerous)
--People are stupid (and selfish) for waiting until the last minute to move over (dangerous)
-- People are stupid for moving over well before their lane ends (missed opportunity to get ahead)
-- people are stupid for being in either of those lanes that merge when there is a third lane that doesn't merge.... (short sighted and dangerous) (no I won't let them in! They should have thought ahead)
--People are stupid (and selfish) for driving cars (dangerous, climate change)
--People are stupid for thinking it's reasonable to live without a car (missed opportunity to get ahead)
Not me though, I consider everything from all sides all the time no matter what. Anyone that doesn't invest their time like this to make decisions is... stupid. (/s)
Yes but I don't know who the average person is, maybe I know a lot of dumber than average people!