Heads up: The Secret pod is going to be a little different this week. Don’t worry—this isn’t going to be a regular thing. It’s just that Sarah

Americans Have One Very Strange Cognitive Bias

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2024-11-23 00:00:06

Heads up: The Secret pod is going to be a little different this week. Don’t worry—this isn’t going to be a regular thing. It’s just that Sarah and I wanted to talk with Tim about something. The show should be out soon.

YouGov asked a series of questions on “ What percentage of Americans do you think are [fill in the blank]?” with the [blank] being all sorts of qualities: black, gay, Christian, left-handed, own a passport, etc.

We’ll get to the actual, in vivo percentages in a moment. First I want to point out the absurdity: 1-in-3 are gay/lesbian? Muslims and Jews make up 57 percent of the country? Blacks are 40 percent of the population?

If a quarter of the country is Muslim and a third is Jewish, then mosques plus synagogues would outnumber churches. Does anyone see more mosques and synagogues than churches as they drive around?

If 40 percent of the country is black then wouldn’t there be a lot more black people in Congress? I mean, there have only been 12 African-American senators ever.

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