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

submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks 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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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

The fact that you recognized your error and were able to immediately correct it, rather than double down on being wrong or some shit, implies that you're a somewhat intelligent person