more normal than most
I was always a bit confused by one of the lyrics of Tricky’s Struglin’ – “I think I’m more normal than most”.
I’ve just finished the very short introduction to statistics, and now I get it!
So the X axis is something, like cleanliness or laziness, and the Y axis is how many people are that clean or lazy.
If the distribution looks like this, then if you are in the middle, then you are more normal than most!
bpquiz just crept over one hundred
bpquiz, the data gathering website for my major study has just had its 100th response. There is another 3 weeks left of data gathering, so maybe the target of 200 isn’t so far off!
If you haven’t had a go:
Simple English
I’m going to start a new ‘idea auditing’ process for my thoughts. English Wikipedia has a parallel site in a language called Simple English. In the explanation page the quote is “The language is simple, but the ideas don’t have to be“.
The articles are written using a somewhat restricted word list, and it should force me to think clearly about what I really mean.
I’ve found that when I explain something in simple terms, I generally gain a better understanding of it, which allows me to put the richness back in with the complete range of expression offered by unrestricted use of English.
Anyone else up for joining in?
iProcrastinate
I procrastinate a lot, but these days I feel that enforced procrastination is getting in the way of my creative faffing (I might write more about what I mean by that soon)
Have a read of the article that goes with this cartoon.