Wulri@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agoAmericans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groupslemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square275fedilinkarrow-up1829arrow-down119file-text
arrow-up1810arrow-down1external-linkAmericans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groupslemmy.worldWulri@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agomessage-square275fedilinkfile-text
Source: https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/41556-americans-misestimate-small-subgroups-population
minus-squarePhilipTheBucket@ponder.catlinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down2·2 days agoPeople just have no idea what numbers mean. And, look at how education works here, who could blame them?
minus-squarepotoo22@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·2 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-squarehuppakee@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 days agoThey really should have started selling ⅕ lb burgers to make up for their losses
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 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?