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If 30% of a population holds a view, it shouldn't be described as "extreme".
by baggy_trough 7y ago
If 30% of a population holds a view, it shouldn't be described as "extreme".
- ksdale 7y agoI believe the graphic just says that 30% hold some view that is extreme, not that 30% believe the same extreme thing.
- powrtoch 7y ago30% of the population holding extreme views isn't the same as any particular view being held by 30% and considered "extreme". They don't go into exactly what this figure means, but at the least we can imagine 15% of Americans holding one extreme and 15% holding the opposite extreme. Or even more credibly, it could mean that 30% of people hold at least one "extreme" view, but each individual "extreme" view is only held by 1-2%.
- AWildC182 7y agoDisregarding the article's intent with that statistic entirely... A) a "population" can be 1 person, a random demographic, a continent, or a fringe religious group. It just means a mathematical set of people. B) while one could argue for or against universal moral truths until they're blue in the face, from a practical standpoint there are absolutely views that large populations believe in that are objectively abhorrent. FGM, killing people for their religion, torturing immigrant children, etc.
- hindsightbias 7y agoPerfectly normal, perfectly healthy in Illinois [1] 1. https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/elections/ct-met-illinois-3rd-district-nazi-arthur-jones-20181106-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/elections/ct-met-ill...