Wulri@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-21 month agoAmericans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groupslemmy.worldimagemessage-square293fedilinkarrow-up1850arrow-down118file-text
arrow-up1832arrow-down1imageAmericans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groupslemmy.worldWulri@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-21 month agomessage-square293fedilinkfile-text
Source: https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/41556-americans-misestimate-small-subgroups-population
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month 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?
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?