Álpaðist á þetta einhvernveginn á netinu og varð að deila
þessu með fólki. (biðst afsökunar á að þetta sé á ensku, er
bara svo vel orðað svona og ég vildi ekki eyðileggja það með
því að þýða þetta.
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How many times have you seen a statistic and wondered,
“How could anyone be so stupid?” Fear not, I have an answer.

Theory: 17% of any large group of people at any given time will
think or act stupidly enough to produce a visible,
embarrassing result.

Equation: S=.17P

Examples of the Stupidity Quotient abound in nature and more
often in pop culture. A poll once taken showed approximately
17% thought Madonna was a good (no, that's not a typo)
influence on children. In the 1992 U.S. Presidential election,
does anyone recall who took 19% of the vote (and managed
to get Bill Clinton elected in the process)?

Think about it. They may be your neighbors, your friends, your
relatives, or even you. Everyone does stupid things
sometimes; it's only human. But exactly how often are we
among the foolish minority? That is what the SQ is designed
to measure.

Specifically, 17 is the Group Stupidity Quotient (GSQ) for the
United States at this particular point in history. Whether GSQ
is constant around the world, in small groups such as states
and towns, or in other eras is pure conjecture. The Stupidity
Quotient (SQ) represents the percentage of people likely to
make a bonehead choice or action at any particular time.
Thus, the ratio of reasonable decisions to imbecilic ones is
about 5:1.

More important than GSQ, however, is a person's individual
Stupidity Quotient. This is the percentage of bad decisions
made by one person. Obviously, some people are dumber
than others, particularly while driving. A really stupid person
could have an SQ as high as 45 or 50, if not higher. If we
make the assumptions that the average stupid person's SQ is
40, and that these really stupid people make up only, say,
10% of the population, then the median person's SQ is
around 14. The good news, then, is that most people
consistently make only a few mistakes, whereas a few others
manage to screw up royally most of the time.


Responses to the SQ theory:

“Interestingly enough, this fits my theory that 82 percent of all
statistics are made up with no attention paid to research.” -
Dave Fuller
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