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「京大医学部４名合格講師」による受験対策講座（３５）

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.  (Albert Einstein)

　たいていの自然現象は正規分布に従うことが知られています。

　大学受験を経験した方は、模試の偏差値を気にされたことでしょう。偏差値も正規分布を前提としています。

　分かりやすく言うと、東大、京大、阪大、名大などの旧帝や国立大学医学部の偏差値は７４くらいと示されることが多い。この７４という数値は上位の0.82%。もっと分かりやすく言うと１２２人中の１番を意味します。

　私が北勢中学校にいた頃は一学年１５０人くらいいました。四日市高校には１名か２名しか合格できませんでした。その四日市高校でも上位の１割くらいしか旧帝や国立大学の医学部には合格できません。それは、今も同じです。

　理論値と私の経験は、ほぼ一致しています。正規分布は左右対称なので、当然ながら下位の人もいるのが「正常な状態」です。

　簡単に言うと、どんな国にも、どんな時代にも「賢い人」と「愚かな人」がいるのが「正常な状態」なのです。そして、アインシュタインが言うように歴史を見れば優秀な人の発言や考えを愚かな人たちは常に暴力的に攻撃してきました。

Most natural phenomena are known to follow a normal distribution.

　Those of you who have taken the university entrance examinations have probably been concerned about the deviation value of the mock examinations. Deviation values are also based on the normal distribution.

　To put it simply, the deviation value for medical schools of old imperial and national universities such as Tokyo University, Kyoto University, Osaka University, and Nagoya University is often indicated as about 74. This figure of 74 is the top 0.82%. To put it more simply, it means number 1 out of 122.


　When I was in Hokusei Junior High School, there were about 150 students per grade. Only one or two students were accepted to Yokkaichi High School. Even at Yokkaichi High School, only about 10% of the top students could get into the medical schools of the former imperial or national universities. It is the same now.

　Theoretical values and my experience are almost identical. Since the normal distribution is symmetrical, it is "normal" that some people are naturally in the lower ranks.


　Simply put, the "normal state" is that there are "smart people" and "stupid people" in every country and in every era. And as Einstein says, history shows that stupid people have always violently attacked the statements and ideas of superior people.