Ryoae@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 29 天前What are some things about the past people get wrong today?message-squaremessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down11
arrow-up163arrow-down1message-squareWhat are some things about the past people get wrong today?Ryoae@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 29 天前message-square85fedilink
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down1·29 天前This is just the typical modern misunderstanding of statistics.
minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·29 天前To be fair, I doubt people understood statistics much better back in the day, either.
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-229 天前I was thinking that when I wrote it. But there is more people now. So more people to misunderstand it :-)
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·29 天前And 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.