Because government schools don't teach statistics, so most people don't get how bell curves work. And it goes both ways, not only are there a ton of people who don't understand that statistics have exceptions out on the tails, but there's also a ton who don't understand that those exceptional outliers don't disprove the big bulge in the middle.
Because government schools don't teach statistics, so most people don't get how bell curves work. And it goes both ways, not only are there a ton of people who don't understand that statistics have exceptions out on the tails, but there's also a ton who don't understand that those exceptional outliers don't disprove the big bulge in the middle.