• LilB0kChoy@midwest.social
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    10 days ago

    How many of these questions had you really, truly considered before?

    I speculate that most Americans just don’t think about these things that in depth and, when asked, throw out a number without giving due consideration.

    Don’t attribute to stupidity what can be adequately explained by laziness

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      9 days ago

      Im very sorry, but I cannot in any sane logical line of reasoning think as to why people would say 1/3 Americans live in New York, even if they just blurted out a random number

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        8 days ago

        Stupidity?

        If you’re already stupid and you get asked the question, and then don’t even bother to give it due consideration, it’s entirely plausible you just blurt out a number.

        It does also say these are averages so it’d be interesting to see a scatter plot of all respondents.

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            8 days ago

            I cannot in any sane logical line of reasoning

            Ah, I guess I was thrown by this since it didn’t require insanity or illogical reasoning to come up with “stupidity”.

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              8 days ago

              Yes, however as you were implying that a more reasonable explanation lied in the responder’s laziness, I was also implying that any reason other than stupidity was requiring of some mental gymnastics