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Former President Donald Trump's supporters say they hold him as a source of true information over their family, friends, and religious leaders, according to a new CBS News/YouGov poll out on Sunday.

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[-] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 78 points 1 year ago

Not the smartest bunch. Unfortunately, that bunch seems to encompass 30-40 percent of the American population.

[-] Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago

Half of all people are dumber than average.

[-] nyoooom@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Half are dumber than the median, not the average (although they're probably close)

[-] Tatters@feddit.uk 18 points 1 year ago

There are different types of average, median being one of them. What you are thinking of as the average, is probably the mean. Median, mean and mode are all types of average.

[-] Fisk400@feddit.nu 9 points 1 year ago

Weirdly the mean statistic says that we are all stupid. It also says we have ugly shoes for some reason.

[-] TheRealLinga@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

That's just plain mean! Bad statistic!

[-] YeetPics@mander.xyz 13 points 1 year ago

Trump has made a great litmus test for shitty humans. They even wear hats so we don't have to waste our time trying to find out their beliefs through dialogue.

[-] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago

I feel like there's gotta be some really smart outliers skewing that average

[-] zefiax@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Half of all people are dumber than the median. I am assuming the mean is actually higher than the median so chances are way more than half of all people are dumber than what people normally think of when they think average.

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