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leni536yesterday at 10:44 AM1 replyview on HN

Average? So around half the size of the observable universe?


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quietbritishjimyesterday at 12:40 PM

They specified the geometric mean.

The arithmetic mean (what you're thinking of) of 1 and 100 is 50.5.

The geometric mean of 1 and 100 is 10. It gives a sense of the average magnitude.

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