dantheclamman@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoArchaeologists Keep Finding Massive Shoes at an Ancient Roman Fort—and They Have No Idea Why They're So Bigwww.smithsonianmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square66linkfedilinkarrow-up1176arrow-down12
arrow-up1174arrow-down1external-linkArchaeologists Keep Finding Massive Shoes at an Ancient Roman Fort—and They Have No Idea Why They're So Bigwww.smithsonianmag.comdantheclamman@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square66linkfedilink
minus-squareCosmoNova@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoYes, I know. The problem is that most people see an average stat and think it‘s a universal law. That goes for life expectancy, height and even GDP per capita among other things. In reality no one is perfectly average and extremes exist everywhere.
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Yes, I know. The problem is that most people see an average stat and think it‘s a universal law. That goes for life expectancy, height and even GDP per capita among other things. In reality no one is perfectly average and extremes exist everywhere.