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Strange American cognitive bias
Accepted submission by Snotnose
at 2024-11-24 05:05:56
from the How I learned to stop worrying and love The People dept.
Before reading the article ask yourself “What percentage of Americans do you think are [fill in the blank]?"
Transgender
Muslim
Jewish
Black
Live in New York City
Gay or Lesbian
Now go see how you did. [thebulwark.com]
Yesterday Jemele Hill recirculated a study YouGov did in 2022 about the gaps between people’s perceptions and reality.
YouGov asked a series of questions on “What percentage of Americans do you think are [fill in the blank]?” with the [blank] being all sorts of qualities: black, gay, Christian, left-handed, own a passport, etc.
TLDR: there are a lot of stupid people out there.
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