英語趣味科普:你是高於還是低於世界的平均值?拖後腿了嗎?

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Do you ever wonder how you stack up to others?

你有沒有想過如何與人交往

For example in North America

例如在北美

if you‘re a male who is taller than 5’9

如果你是一位高於5英尺9英寸的男性

or women taller than 5‘3

或者高於5英尺3英寸的女性

then you’re above average

那麼你高於平均水平

and if you weigh less than

如果你的體重輕於

99。3 kilograms and 74。7 kilograms

88。3公斤(男)或者74。7(女)

than you‘re below average

那麼你體重低於平均水平

Worldwide however humans actually

事實上,在全世界

weight 62 kilograms on average。

人的平均體重是62公斤

If you real less than 12books a year,you’re below average

如果你一年讀的書不到12本,那麼你低於平均水平

But avid reader likely inflate this number

但是有些讀者很可能誇大了這一數字

with four books per year being the most common number reported

據報告每年4本,才是最普遍的讀書量

And if you can read faster than 300 words per minute

如果你能每分鐘看至少300個單詞

you‘re above average

那麼你比一般人快

Type more than 40 words per minute

一分鐘打字多餘40個單詞

and you’re also faster than the majority

那麼你也比大多數人要快

If you finished a bachelor‘s degree or higher

如果你獲得了本科及以上學位

you’re above average

那麼你高於平均水平

But if you don‘t finish hight school

如果你高中沒畢業

and you’re from an industrialized nation

又來自工業化國家

you‘re far below average

那麼你要遠低於平均水平

with only about 10% not finishing

事實上高中沒畢業的僅佔10%

If you’re a man who can benchpress more than 135 pounds

如果你是一位能臥推舉起135磅(61。3kg)的男性

you‘re stronger than many

那你比許多人要強

and if you’re a women who can run a mile in less than 7-10minutes

如果你是一位能在7-10分鐘內跑完1英里(1609m)的女性

you‘re faster than the other

那你比其他人要快

If that tires you out and you sleep more than 6。8hours

如果這讓你筋疲力盡,然後你睡了超過6。8個小時

you’re getting more than the majority

那麼你睡的時間比大多數人要多

And if you wake up you‘re drinking less than three cups of coffee per day

接著你醒了,如果你一天喝的咖啡不到三杯

you’re below average

那麼你喝的沒有一般人多

Still thirsty?Most people drink three to four cups of water a day

還是很渴?大部分人一天喝3-4杯水

Too much fluid would make you pee

喝太多水會讓你想噓噓

If you‘re urinating less than six times a day

如果你一天小便不到6次

you’re below average

那你要低於平均水平

And if you have more than one bowel movement today

據調查如果你一天拉粑粑不止一次

you‘re probably above average based on surveys

那你大概就超過普通人啦

But these are not necessarily reasons for concern

但這完全沒有必要擔心噠

The average person farts around 14times a day

一般人每天放屁14次

Which is around 500 to 1500 milliliters

加起來大約500-1500毫升

Have a family?If you end up having more than

如果你已經成家,在歐洲和北美的大部分地區

two kids in your lifetime in most of Europe and North America

如果你一生種有了超過兩個孩子

you’re above average

那麼你高於平均水平

But if you have less than six children inNiger

但是在尼日,如果你的孩子6個不到

you‘re below average

這就比普通家庭要少了

And if you’re watching more than 5hrs 4mins of TV each day

如果你一天看電視的時間超過5小時零4分鐘的話

that‘s more than most

那你就很厲害了

that’s about the same amout of time

這相當於普通人每天

the average person spends on their mobile device

花費在手機上的時間

But if you‘re a teen and spending

但是在青少年當中

less than nine hours a day on media

如果每天花費在媒體上的時間少於9小時

You’re actually under the average

那麼這實際上要低於平均水平

The average person also simply toucher their phone over 2000 times a day

普通人每天掏出手機的次數就超過2000次

Think you‘re smarter than the average person?

認為你比一般人機智?

or better at driving?

或者開車很厲害?

how about having better healthy memory?

或者有更好的記憶力

or being a better friend than the average person

或者在別人眼裡你是更好的朋友

It tuens out the vast majority of people

結果表明絕大多數人都認為

also think they’re better than average

他們的品質或能力要高於平均水平

in a phenomenon called illusory superiority

這是一種被稱為虛幻優越性的現象

It ‘s a cognitive bias where people over to meet their own abilitive and qualities

它是認知偏差的一種,表現為人們對自身能力或品質持樂觀態度

with one study revealing

一項研究顯示

87% of students at a university surveyed

在一所大學被調查的學生當中

rated their academic performance above the median

有87%的學生認為他們的成績高於平均水平

Interestingly people with lower IQs tend to overestimate their IQ

有趣的是,低智商的人往往高估他們的智商

while people who actually have above-average IQs tend to underestimate them

而真正高智商的人卻容易低估

Men are also more likely to overestimate their IQ by 5 points

一般來說,男性會對他們的智商高估5分

while women underestimate their

而女性則會低估他們的智商

Perhaps the most shocking is that in cognitive test

也許最讓人震驚的是,在認知測試中

even the lowest scoring groups that they’re above average

即使是得分最低的組也認為他們高於平均水平

Showing a strong illusion and

這表現出強烈的錯覺

researcher believe it‘s because

研究人員相信這是因為

those worst at the test are also worse at

那些在測試中表現最差的學生

understanding the skills required to do it well

對需要具備的技能的理解能力也是最差的

The paper actually won a Nobel Prize in 2000

事實上這項研究在2000年獲得了諾貝爾獎

In the words of Charles Bukowski:

用查爾斯·布可夫斯基來說

The problem with the world is that

這個世界的問題就在於

the intelligent people are full of doubts

聰明的人往往對自身充滿懷疑

While the stupid ones are full of confidence

而愚昧之人卻總是自以為是。

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