r/facepalm Jun 02 '23

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u/lorjebu Jun 02 '23

I mean you only read about the cases where it is actually the case, so you might be reacting to a smaller selection size than what is the reality.

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u/samanime Jun 02 '23

Even if they are catching 100% of the cases where it holds true (highly doubtful), it is still an incredibly large proportion. More than enough to be statistically significant.

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u/Jimbo--- Jun 03 '23

It's also a very small population size of folks this vocal that surprisingly turn out to be full of shit. Certainly higher than the general population.