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[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 29 points 11 months ago (3 children)

To be somewhat fair, that is a very confusing way to present a score worse than 50%.

Who are precisely the people we need to simplify things for.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago

I mean... He didn't even read the percentile number correctly. How do you get an off by one error reading a number

[–] galanthus@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

That's a great system, keeps everyone happy.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The concept of IQ tests is always under fire (for good and bad reasons) so showing results in this way might keep the people in the bottom 50% from getting mad.