At 05:04 PM 10/27/2005 -0700, you wrote:
>James Newtons Massmind wrote:
>  > "Graduated in the top 66% of my class." I just love that one... Once you
>>work your way down past half, isn't that the bottom part? I'd hire this guy
>>if I was looking for a speech writer.
>>Which reminds me of that commercial I've been hearing where the drug is said
>>to lower your cholesterol by up to 52%... Then they go on to explain "that's
>>about half!"  So you know the average IQ of their audience recently took
>>another dive...
>
>Well, you see, James, that fully half the people in America are below 
>average intelligence...

Below median, anyway. The distribution is probably not exactly normal.

>Best regards,

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