Philosophy of Mathspeaking topic
A group of people is discussing its average wealth. A billionaire walks in and the 'average wealth' suddenly makes everyone a millionaire, though nobody's pocket has changed. Why is the average so bad at describing the majority?
— mean vs median, skewed distributions
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