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Americans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groups (lemmy.world)

submitted 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) by Wulri@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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Source: https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/41556-americans-misestimate-small-subgroups-population

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[–] half_fiction@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (2 children)

NYC stood out to me too. We think 3 out of 10 people in the US live in NYC??? Lmaooo. I think a big part of it is that we just generally don't comprehend statistics because some of these numbers are wild.

[–] LilB0kChoy@midwest.social 9 points 16 hours 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

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 8 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe because NYC(and LA) are stupidly over represented in the media.

[–] Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Well, most of US media is made in, or by companies in, those two cities.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 points 44 minutes ago (1 children)

And?

[–] Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works 1 points 16 minutes ago

That would be why they have more representation.