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# Why Your Friends Have More Friends than You Do annotated/explained version.
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## Highlights
> [!quote]+ Updated on 051022_091413
>
> The term
>"class size
>paradox"
>can be considered
>a
>generic
>term for
>all
>phenomena
>that arise where
>classes are
>of varied sizes,
>members of those
>classes
>disproportionately
>experience
>the
>larger classes,
>and most individ-
>uals therefore
>experience
>the
>average
>class size as
>larger
>than
>it
>is.
>Such
>phenomena
>are often
>more than
>mathematical
>curiosities; they have
>im-
>plications
>for how
>people
>experience
>and
>respond to
>various aspects
>of
>their
>environments.