Phil Nice
Phil Nice
Aug 9, 2017 · 1 min read

Well, frankly no. Your failure to understand a logical distinction is your own problem. If you think averages express individual cases, that speaks of your own lack of reflection rather than anyone else’s failure to understand your point of view. If families in a particular population have for example 2.3 children on average, I challenge you to find a family that actually has 2.3 children. If the average of 1000 coin tosses is 50/50 heads and tails, I challenge you to show me a single coin toss that produces heads and tails at the same time.

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