[Info-vax] OT: Rob Short: Operating System Evolution

[Michael Kraemer]

Wilm Boerhout schrieb:
> Michael Kraemer mentioned  on 29-12-2009 9:39:
> 
>> Richard B. Gilbert schrieb:
>>
>>> Did you know that more than 40% of the population have subnormal 
>>> intelligence?  (My favorite statistic!)
>>
>>
>> And what's wrong with that statistic?
> 
> 
> 
> Same thing as with `Everyone wants an above-average income´
> 
> -Wilm

Not quite.
Your assertion doesn't refer to a statistic,
it's a simple statement which can easily be disproved
if you find somebody who is satisfied with his income
(a buddhist monk maybe).
Mr. Gilbert's statement is an inappropriate interpretation
of an otherwise correct statistic
(normal, i.e. Gaussian distribution of human intelligence).
"Inappropriate" insofar as there's no definition
what "normal" would be in this context.