this post was submitted on 26 Sep 2023
757 points (86.5% liked)

memes

9806 readers
5 users here now

Community rules

1. Be civilNo trolling, bigotry or other insulting / annoying behaviour

2. No politicsThis is non-politics community. For political memes please go to [email protected]

3. No recent repostsCheck for reposts when posting a meme, you can only repost after 1 month

4. No botsNo bots without the express approval of the mods or the admins

5. No Spam/AdsNo advertisements or spam. This is an instance rule and the only way to live.

Sister communities

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

Things have gotten better and progress has been made from times past, it just seems worse now because we have more access to information. We've come far, and have further to go!

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Life expectancy at, is used by academics when relevant. Average at birth, adulthood and even once they're over the hill have utility. Like identifying outliers.

Regardless, the average person is going to use average as a nebulas concept occasionally informed by science but hearsay and superstition on an average day.