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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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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Astronomers have been telling us for a long time that humans can’t fathom the scale of the universe.

But somehow we can fathom numbers of the same orders of magnitude when we talk about earthly affairs.

If people can’t understand how far away Mars is, how can they understand human population numbers?