Americans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groups : mildlyinteresting

[–] sircac@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

I think this bias happens a bit anywhere where there is a limited range to opinion about, may be the interesting part is where is the tilt point, with the corresponding error estimation...

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago

5% of Americans own a car but not a drivers licence.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 4 weeks ago

indians, from india are one of the richest POC groups in america.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 0 points 4 weeks ago

My 3 year old has a college degree? Dang! No wonder I can't understand half the shit he says.

[–] DrDickHandler@lemmy.world 0 points 4 weeks ago

Just like their IQ.

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone -3 points 4 weeks ago (9 children)

I'm kind of blown away that 88% of Americans have flown on an airplane. If everyone is so broke, how are they affording to fly? And people just don't care about the environmental impact? I've never flown, and I can't imagine I ever will.

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[+] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone -11 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

I feel like a lot of these numbers, both the "estimated" and "actual" are just outright fucking wrong. Every single person I grew up with was at least some level of gay or bisexual. I get what they're going for, but they're also dramatizing it by picking more extreme numbers. Like I'd bet that only 30% of people are actually, truly cishet, if not even lower.

Then there's the problem of a single number of "estimated", which can only be an average number. Which contains, likely, some juicy demographics data, assuming they actually polled enough people and kept all the information. I'd be curious to see graphs for each and every number presented here.

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Mildly Interesting