Wulri@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-25 days agoAmericans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groupslemmy.worldimagemessage-square296fedilinkarrow-up1841arrow-down118file-text
arrow-up1823arrow-down1imageAmericans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groupslemmy.worldWulri@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-25 days agomessage-square296fedilinkfile-text
Source: https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/41556-americans-misestimate-small-subgroups-population
minus-squareHollowNaught@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days ago Stupidity? That is what I was getting, yes
minus-squareLilB0kChoy@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days 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”.
minus-squareHollowNaught@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoYes, 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
That is what I was getting, yes
Ah, I guess I was thrown by this since it didn’t require insanity or illogical reasoning to come up with “stupidity”.
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