# Sturgeon's Law: Is it a constant or does it fluctuate?

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**Created:** [April 13, 2015, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sturgeons-law-is-it-a-constant-or-does-it-fluctuate/717531 "2015-04-13T01:16:07Z")\
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> [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#):
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> It’s a constant. Only 10% of anything can be in the 90th percentile or better.

True, but that’s not the point under debate. The question is whether the dividing line between good and bad is fixed at the 90th percentile line.

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