• TehBamski@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    This is quite a fascinating insight into many things.

    • One of which is how far apart the estimations are from reality.

    • Fear plays a huge part in most of these estimations. E.g. the world’s leading organized religion is Christianity. And yet, when asked how many people in the US were Muslim, the average estimation in the US was 26%. But the reality is (according to this,) around 1%.

    Another example being the percentage of Hispanics living in the US. Reality is closer to 17%, but many believed that there were over 2 times that.

    • QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works
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      2 days ago

      Christianity may ir may not be the largest depending on how you decide who is Christian. Islammay be larger depending on your choices.