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

[Steven Schweda]

Wilm Boerhout wrote:

> Oh, lighten up already. If you want to take it seriously: "average" is a
> well-defined statistical term.

   So is "median", and its definition is different., and
confusing the two concepts can lead to a lot of nonsense

>  Even if we were all monks, our incomes
> could not mathematically/statistically be all "above average".

   Consider a case where 99 people make $100000 and one person
makes $1.  What's the average?  How many people make more than
the average?  (Not "all", but pretty close.)

   The best way to fight sloppy thought is not, I claim, more
sloppy thought.