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

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[-] LilB0kChoy@midwest.social 3 points 3 weeks ago

How many of these questions had you really, truly considered before?

I speculate that most Americans just don't think about these things that in depth and, when asked, throw out a number without giving due consideration.

Don't attribute to stupidity what can be adequately explained by laziness

[-] HollowNaught@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Im very sorry, but I cannot in any sane logical line of reasoning think as to why people would say 1/3 Americans live in New York, even if they just blurted out a random number

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