Ryoae@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoWhat are some things about the past people get wrong today?message-squaremessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down10
arrow-up138arrow-down1message-squareWhat are some things about the past people get wrong today?Ryoae@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square84fedilink
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·8 days agoThis is just the typical modern misunderstanding of statistics.
minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 days agoTo be fair, I doubt people understood statistics much better back in the day, either.
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-28 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-up2·8 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.