On Sat, 20 Apr 2013 04:31:42 -0500, Richard
wrote:

On 4/20/2013 2:19 PM, Ed Huntress wrote:

I'd bet my house on it. The average person on the street has more
common sense than most people who post here.


I'd not argue against that!

But as for the "average person", that's what I mentioned the other
day. There ain't no such thing.

People tend to believe that everybody else is just like them, and
they are just like everybody else.

Normal.
Average.
Right.

But everybody can me average. The math just doesn't work that way.

I will, however, allow that there is a strong cultural bias that
many people see as "the norm".

Yeah, that's true. The only way to know what IS the norm is through
good, scientific studies. Having a background in survey methodology,
including a lot of practice, I can read surveys with a degree of
understanding that satisfies me about what the "norms" are. I don't
expect some people to agree, because most people haven't done it.


So it's something of a shock when New Jersians migrate to Texas
and find about about all those "Crazy Texans".

Well, I have a source. My closest friend in college migrated there
from Michigan, and his wife, whom I've known for 45 years, was born
there. I talk to them a lot -- they know what I think is crazy. And I
know their kids. I get special reports. d8-)


You ask around your neighborhood.
I'll ask around mine.

I forget what we're supposed to ask about. I've read too many posts
today.

--
Ed Huntress