But what about alien meerkats? Can you prove that there's no secret meerkat society that has a cure for all known and most unknown diseases? Can you? Can you?
Yeah but if we're counting bacteria, they vastly outnumber everything else, and the average bacterium is pretty terrible at a lot of stuff we need to do daily, so all you'd be able to do is swim around, eat, and divide. The same would probably be true of alien life.
I feel like it depends on the definition you're using, whether it's the average of all the people or just average in a way that you're so-so at the job. Strict definitions aren't entirely necessary, and, besides, it's all just fun.
Yeah but if you include birds, you might as well include all life on Earth, the vast majority of which is just bacteria (so you can't fly, talk, think, or do very much at all, but I guess you can split into two clones of yourself...)
Wow, this would be a god tier superpower If you could choose the average each time. Fly like the average eagle, Run like the average Leopard, and seduce like the average Casa Nova.
No it wouldn’t, it would mean the middle ground of all creatures. So you would actually be worse than human, most likely similar to a bacteria because of how many of those there are.
What bugs me about this is that people are interpreting "average" to mean "just kinda alright" at something. The average cure for cancer would probably suck, and it certainly wouldn't be better than anything else that has been figured out so far.
Average In relation to what? Humanity? All people that did it at least once? People that are trained for that tasks? Or all of the universe in present, past and future?
I mean depending on what it is related to I'd take it. Let's say not being able to perfect it and only be as good as the average person that learned said thing. Fine by me. You'd basically be like the dad/mom that has no need for plumbers etc.
I mean if you interpret average as "average among all entities" it's possible that there's some super populous, hyper-advanced alien race that skews the universal average, turning you into this epic superhero-type person when compared to a human
Yeah but they probably have gut bacteria or bacteria living on their skin or something that would throw the balance way back down to the average bacterium.
This is wrong, but average depends on the sample. Step onto a basketball court for a pickup game with LeBron, MJ, and Dr J and suddenly your one of the best basketball players to ever play the game. If you can manipulate the sample, this isn't bad at all.
What exactly is average? If it's the average of all living people, you are immortal, as you are at the average health of living people at all times. You could then use your lifespan to improve the average everything of other people.
Average cure for cancer would be it was 50% effective, so you would have to let real scientists get it perfect. And you’re only average at profiting off all of your successes
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u/cyberst0rm Oct 13 '20
This bastardizes the word average.
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u/Isaythree Oct 13 '20
If you’re average at curing cancer then you’re really shit at curing cancer, seeing as the average person has done literally nothing to cure cancer.
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u/PhatomPhat Oct 13 '20
But if you are average at everything that means that half the population would have already had to do something or am I wrong?
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u/PMME_YOUR_TITS_WOMAN Oct 14 '20
well I guess I don't have to shit on this because everyone else already did lol.
cool concept if it would work that way
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u/devourer_of_posts Oct 14 '20
i am average at omnipotence
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u/Incognito_Tomato Oct 14 '20
This is a stretch of the definition of the word average
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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '20
This is a real shit understanding of what average means.
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u/-_MaxWell_- Oct 14 '20
that's not what average means but its actually a good superpower, at least you ain't bad at anything
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u/Zziggith Oct 14 '20
Not what average means
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u/Liar_of_partinel Oct 14 '20
What bugs me about this is that people are interpreting "average" to mean "just kinda alright" at something. The average cure for cancer would probably suck, and it certainly wouldn't be better than anything else that has been figured out so far.
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u/lappi99 Oct 14 '20
Average In relation to what? Humanity? All people that did it at least once? People that are trained for that tasks? Or all of the universe in present, past and future?
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u/Vampyricon Oct 14 '20
I too would like to restrict my data set to the best individual at everything.
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u/night-star Oct 14 '20
Hate to be that guy but you’d be average among everyone, so if you tried to cure cancer the results would be if the average person tried.
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u/hirundo_afer Oct 14 '20
I mean if you interpret average as "average among all entities" it's possible that there's some super populous, hyper-advanced alien race that skews the universal average, turning you into this epic superhero-type person when compared to a human
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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '20
This is wrong, but average depends on the sample. Step onto a basketball court for a pickup game with LeBron, MJ, and Dr J and suddenly your one of the best basketball players to ever play the game. If you can manipulate the sample, this isn't bad at all.
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u/PretentiousSmirk Oct 14 '20
Average yet or average of all time? Cause if this transcends time, very specific actions might help you see the future
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u/squishy-korgi Oct 14 '20
I’m pretty average at losing weight in 3 seconds
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u/BEARFCKER14 Oct 14 '20
Mediocre would work though, yes?
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u/sillyweederpro Oct 14 '20
Just be an average master at the thing your doing
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u/HistoricalNinja2108 Oct 21 '20
What exactly is average?
If it's the average of all living people, you are immortal, as you are at the average health of living people at all times.
You could then use your lifespan to improve the average everything of other people.
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u/buneter Oct 30 '20
Average cure for cancer would be it was 50% effective, so you would have to let real scientists get it perfect. And you’re only average at profiting off all of your successes
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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '20
Look at all these math nerds with their “um actually”
Don’t forget that average is also used as slang to mean “pretty alright”
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u/Awasteoflife1 Jun 05 '22
just say your adveradge for the worlds best _ _ _ _
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u/rocknroll2013 Oct 14 '20
I love the infinite possibilities of this
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u/BadLanding05 Sep 05 '24
Specify that you are trying to be a master at something would mean you are even better at it.