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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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[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

If giving 110% is good, then giving over 148% is even better.

But I can believe it, it's not like they asked people to enumerate all at once, they presumably asked one at a time to estimate, and it's not like they are likely to try to reconcile those guesses with each other even if made in one sitting.

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