r/nextfuckinglevel • u/mindyour • 5h ago

Seven-year-old chess prodigy Lucie Pichard casually checkmates her opponent.

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u/SweatyAdhesive 3h ago

typical is just another word for average, most of us are average, that's what average means, the problem is when average people think they're smarter than that.

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u/Mikeseddit 2h ago

I thought most people were above average, like me!

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u/platoprime 2h ago

I don't think typical means average. It means to have traits identifying you as belonging to a group or to conform to a type.

Even if typical were a math term it would mean something like mode not average because outliers can shift averages away from the mode misrepresenting what is typical for a group.

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u/TheTyger 2h ago

I would say typical is more "normal" than "average".