Ryoae@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWhat are some things about the past people get wrong today?message-squaremessage-square87linkfedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down11
arrow-up166arrow-down1message-squareWhat are some things about the past people get wrong today?Ryoae@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square87linkfedilink
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down1·2 days agoThis is just the typical modern misunderstanding of statistics.
minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 days agoTo be fair, I doubt people understood statistics much better back in the day, either.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoAnd there were poor or no records of birth, they guessed at people’s age of death.
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoI was thinking that when I wrote it. But there is more people now. So more people to misunderstand it :-)
This is just the typical modern misunderstanding of statistics.
To be fair, I doubt people understood statistics much better back in the day, either.
And there were poor or no records of birth, they guessed at people’s age of death.
I was thinking that when I wrote it.
But there is more people now. So more people to misunderstand it :-)