TribblesBestFriend to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 4 months agoNick Andersonstartrek.websiteimagemessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up1499arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down3·4 months agothat’s a myth, if the average is 250 it’s because some lasted thousands of years and some lasted 2.
minus-squareOldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoMy cynical side suspects there may have been enough dipshits throughout history who claimed a small patch of land as a “sovereign state” for a short while before losing it.
minus-squareBluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoI mean that doesn’t make it a myth? Otherwise all statistics are a myth? Like what datasets have zero standard deviation??
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoI’m saying there’s a difference between (249, 250, 251, 259, 250, 251, 249, 250, 251, 249, 250, 251) / 12 and (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 25000) /12
that’s a myth, if the average is 250 it’s because some lasted thousands of years and some lasted 2.
My cynical side suspects there may have been enough dipshits throughout history who claimed a small patch of land as a “sovereign state” for a short while before losing it.
I mean that doesn’t make it a myth? Otherwise all statistics are a myth? Like what datasets have zero standard deviation??
I’m saying there’s a difference between
(249, 250, 251, 259, 250, 251, 249, 250, 251, 249, 250, 251) / 12
and
(1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 25000) /12
Of course