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> I wonder if I have funny shaped ears, but nothing fits right That's what U.S. air force discovered after WWII [1] (discussed on HN recently [2]). Also known
by StreakyCobra 6y ago
> I wonder if I have funny shaped ears, but nothing fits right
That's what U.S. air force discovered after WWII [1] (discussed on HN recently [2]). Also known as flaw of averages, curse of dimensionality, etc.
> There was no such thing as an average pilot. If you’ve designed a cockpit to fit the average pilot, you’ve actually designed it to fit no one.
[1] https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2016/01/16/when-us-air-force-discovered-the-flaw-of-averages.html https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2016/01/16/when-us-air-...
[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22956832 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22956832