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I had this a few months ago with an old man. He said there are 10 billion people in the world; so I told him you are off by 2 billion. He was adamant and challe
by csomar 1y ago
I had this a few months ago with an old man. He said there are 10 billion people in the world; so I told him you are off by 2 billion. He was adamant and challenged me to a Google search. So I did just that and lo and behold there are 10 billion people according to Google.
I even took a screenshot: https://imgur.com/a/oQYKmKP https://imgur.com/a/oQYKmKP
I really had nothing to say at that moment.
- ekianjo 1y agoNote that we don't really know the exact answer because population reporting is shaky at best where there are the most people.
- mdp2021 1y agoAnd a rational interlocutor, besides conversational shortcuts, replies in the form "The best estimations from sources like S0, S1 and S2, publish a value between V1 and V2".
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