Doesn’t this apply only if you are looking at mean average exclusively? There are loads of other metrics you can look at based on scalar ratings.

Apparently this isn’t the case - see their other comment. I haven’t read through the article yet but they are claiming a pretty direct connection.

You mentioned “outdated American plans”. I searched around a fair bit but wasn’t able to find any indications that Iranian dams were built using American dams as reference. Do you have a source for that?

Having a boss is a good indicator that it’s a hierarchy though, friend ;-)