The Mean Tells the Whole Story, Right?
Sure, for example, on average the amount of rainfall we get at my place is just right.
A physician, an attorney, and a statistician are hunting. A big buck appears. The physician and the attorney raise their rifles and fire. The physician's bullet passes 3 meters to the left of the buck, the attorney's 3 meters to the right. The statistician jumps up, hooting and a hollering, "we got him, we got him." Well OK, the mean is zero, but the standard error of the mean is 3.