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Clickbait title. Better title: political bias skews guesstimates that COULD be verified. Are we really surprised that people don't know by heart the percentag

by tomp 6y ago

Clickbait title. Better title: political bias skews guesstimates that COULD be verified. Are we really surprised that people don't know by heart the percentages of income mobility statistics? Also, although the questions, as posed, are technically verifiable, that's not what people really care about - do I care about a statistic of income mobility that includes my parents (soon to be pensioners)? Not really; I care about future projections - the income mobility of myself, and my future kids. That's what policy bickering is about. Edit: the actual (not HN) title of the article is even more clickbait-y: When we can’t even agree on what is real

6gvONxR4sf7o 6y ago
> One experiment showed that even when given an opportunity to learn the facts about immigrants in the U.S. for a nominal sum, those holding the most negative and most inaccurate perceptions were the least willing to pay. There's more to it than just what you pulled out.