Mildly Interesting

Only 85% of the population owns a smartphone, I thought for sure it would be higher than that

Imagine thinking 1 in 5 people are trans... Just... This has to be a math understanding issue, right??

the proportion who have at least a high school degree: estimate 65% vs. true 89%

the proportion who have an advanced degree: estimate 37% vs. true 12%

So basically what they guess is ±⅓ has no high school diploma and another ±⅓ has an advanced degree, while in reality ±^1^/~10~ doesn't have a high school diploma and ±^1^/~10~ has an advanced degree.

Meaning while in reality 77% does have a high school degree but not an advanced degree, the estimate is that only 28% does.

The actual problem is that if you show this data to the respondents, they wouldn't change their answers.

The US has transformed disinformation into an art form at this point.

29% Asian? 🤣

I fucking wish

As an Asian American, I don't feel safe going to a red jurisdiction.

30% bisexuals. Not even I would have guessed that high.

I would have said 5% and am happy im kinda close

This might just be a study of how our perception tends to disregard or "dilute" extreme numbers. Imagine someone had an accurate feel for these percentages. They might trend towards a less extreme value, producing a similar result.