Ryoae@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoWhat are some things about the past people get wrong today?message-squaremessage-square87linkfedilinkarrow-up167
arrow-up167message-squareWhat are some things about the past people get wrong today?Ryoae@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square87linkfedilink
minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·7 days agoTo be fair, I doubt people understood statistics much better back in the day, either.
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 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-up2·6 days agoAnd there were poor or no records of birth, they guessed at people’s age of death.
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.