@[email protected] to Mildly [email protected] • edit-211 days agoAmericans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groupslemmy.worldimagemessage-square297fedilinkarrow-up1845
arrow-up1845imageAmericans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groupslemmy.world@[email protected] to Mildly [email protected] • edit-211 days agomessage-square297fedilink
Source: https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/41556-americans-misestimate-small-subgroups-population
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink19•11 days agoPeople just have no idea what numbers mean. And, look at how education works here, who could blame them?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink19•11 days agoReminder that a McDonald’s new burger campaign failed because people thought a ⅓ lb burger was smaller than a ¼ lb burger.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•11 days agoThey really should have started selling ⅕ lb burgers to make up for their losses
minus-squareBoomer Humor DoomergodlinkfedilinkEnglish4•11 days agoAstronomers have been telling us for a long time that humans can’t fathom the scale of the universe. But somehow we can fathom numbers of the same orders of magnitude when we talk about earthly affairs. If people can’t understand how far away Mars is, how can they understand human population numbers?
People just have no idea what numbers mean. And, look at how education works here, who could blame them?
Reminder that a McDonald’s new burger campaign failed because people thought a ⅓ lb burger was smaller than a ¼ lb burger.
They really should have started selling ⅕ lb burgers to make up for their losses
Astronomers have been telling us for a long time that humans can’t fathom the scale of the universe.
But somehow we can fathom numbers of the same orders of magnitude when we talk about earthly affairs.
If people can’t understand how far away Mars is, how can they understand human population numbers?