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Oops, Scientists May Have Severely Miscalculated How Many Humans Are on Earth (www.popularmechanics.com)
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[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago (6 children)

“When dams are built, large areas are flooded and people need to be relocated,” Láng-Ritter said in a press statement. “The relocated population is usually counted precisely because dam companies pay compensation to those affected.”

So the locals are incentivized to inflate their numbers?

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 23 points 5 days ago (1 children)

But the dam companies are incentived to verify the accuracy.

[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

You could end up with Waking Ned Devine, where everyone in town vouches for everyone else because they all stand to benefit.

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