Ryoae@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoWhat are some things about the past people get wrong today?message-squaremessage-square75linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat are some things about the past people get wrong today?Ryoae@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square75linkfedilink
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoThis is just the typical modern misunderstanding of statistics.
minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoTo be fair, I doubt people understood statistics much better back in the day, either.
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoI was thinking that when I wrote it. But there is more people now. So more people to misunderstand it :-)
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months 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.