“Q: CURT: (Sarcasm) What’s one standard deviation among friends?”— Well, first

—“Q: CURT: (Sarcasm) What’s one standard deviation among friends?”—

Well, first, the tolerance for standard deviations increases with intelligence and decreases in its absence. 😉

THE SCIENCE:
0) The measured response time series from 80 anatomical regions of interest for each participant and found that inter-subject similarities of neural responses among friends were higher than those among non-friends. (Duh…)
1) The standard deviation among friends is about .5 (7pts).
2) The standard deviation during adolescence can be higher as we sort into groups.
3) Higher iQ people tend to have friends from a broader range of intelligence (i don’t have an estimate of the number)
4) Given that communication range between cognitive frameworks is limited to less than two standard deviations, people tend to sort into both physically and virtually groups within those measures.

So… you didn’t ask. But there’s the answer for those who care. 😉

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