Kindly comments on Fermi Estimates - Less Wrong

51 Post author: lukeprog 11 April 2013 05:52PM

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Comment author: Kindly 06 April 2013 09:34:52PM 4 points [-]

I tried the second approach with better success: it helps to break up the "how many Americans are in high school" calculation. If the average American lives for 80 years, and goes to high school for 4, then 1/20 of all Americans are in high school, which is 15 million.