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Americans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groups (infosec.pub)
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Source: https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/41556-americans-misestimate-small-subgroups-population

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[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 16 points 1 month ago (3 children)

People just have no idea what numbers mean. And, look at how education works here, who could blame them?

[–] potoo22@programming.dev 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Reminder that a McDonald's new burger campaign failed because people thought a ⅓ lb burger was smaller than a ¼ lb burger.

[–] huppakee@feddit.nl 9 points 1 month ago

They really should have started selling ⅕ lb burgers to make up for their losses

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