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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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[–] celeste@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 5 days ago

Actually it's 50% on everything you either belong to a group or you don't /j

[–] Phineaz@feddit.org 4 points 5 days ago

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.

[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

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

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

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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This only shows me that Americans are bad at guessing.

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