Ryoae@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoWhat are some things about the past people get wrong today?message-squaremessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down11
arrow-up166arrow-down1message-squareWhat are some things about the past people get wrong today?Ryoae@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square87fedilink
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down1·6 days agoThis is just the typical modern misunderstanding of statistics.
minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·5 days agoTo be fair, I doubt people understood statistics much better back in the day, either.
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-25 days agoI was thinking that when I wrote it. But there is more people now. So more people to misunderstand it :-)
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoAnd there were poor or no records of birth, they guessed at people’s age of death.
This is just the typical modern misunderstanding of statistics.
To be fair, I doubt people understood statistics much better back in the day, either.
I was thinking that when I wrote it.
But there is more people now. So more people to misunderstand it :-)
And there were poor or no records of birth, they guessed at people’s age of death.