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I sort of wonder if there's some cognitive bias in perception of record highs. I'm not sure people understand what to expect with them if climate were constant.
by derbOac 4y ago
I sort of wonder if there's some cognitive bias in perception of record highs. I'm not sure people understand what to expect with them if climate were constant. Athletic records keep happening, for example, so I could see people expecting something similar, or at least happening at a constant rate.
- nonameiguess 4y agoAthletes are actually getting better. That isn't random fluctuations in a stationary distribution. The minimum qualifying time for the 100m in the 2020 Olympics would have been a world record as late as the 1960s.
- derbOac 4y agoRight, but if people are used to those sorts of records, it might distort their perception of other things?