I've done a statistical analysis of the overlap between mods and duffers, and find the following:
1. The percentage of mods among duffers is statistically significant (comparing duffer mods/mods as a whole vs. duffer members/members as a whole, showing 2.16 StDev > mean using Poisson distribution)
2. Analysis of duffer-related content from mods against duffer-related content as a whole indicates that mods contribute at a statistically significant higher rate than the ordinary population.
3. Analysis of postings by mods against postings from members as a whole indicates that with a few notable exceptions (you listening, Olórin?), mods do more duffer posting than members as a whole.
Conclusions that can be drawn from these analyses are inconclusive, but they trend toward the following:
* If you're a mod, it helps to be a duffer
* Mods don't have much serious to say
* There may be more solidarity between mods and duffers than previously suspected.