• HollowNaught@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    Im very sorry, but I cannot in any sane logical line of reasoning think as to why people would say 1/3 Americans live in New York, even if they just blurted out a random number

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      11 hours ago

      Stupidity?

      If you’re already stupid and you get asked the question, and then don’t even bother to give it due consideration, it’s entirely plausible you just blurt out a number.

      It does also say these are averages so it’d be interesting to see a scatter plot of all respondents.

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          4 hours ago

          I cannot in any sane logical line of reasoning

          Ah, I guess I was thrown by this since it didn’t require insanity or illogical reasoning to come up with “stupidity”.

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            2 hours ago

            Yes, however as you were implying that a more reasonable explanation lied in the responder’s laziness, I was also implying that any reason other than stupidity was requiring of some mental gymnastics