Jomega@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-23 days agoDespite being true, the sentence "Most people are Chinese." sounds weird when spoken out loud.message-squaremessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down141file-text
arrow-up140arrow-down1message-squareDespite being true, the sentence "Most people are Chinese." sounds weird when spoken out loud.Jomega@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-23 days agomessage-square27linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJamie@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·4 days agoWhat’s the definition of “most?” 90%? 80%? If one looks at it, PRC+ROC’s population is only around 1.4 billion, which is only around 16.8% If one adds in chinese diaspora, which is 60-70 million, that is still less than 18% of the world’s population
minus-squarereparæi [he/any]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkአማርኛarrow-up1·3 days agoI think the intented phrasing wanted to say out of all nationalities that would be probabilistically the most true if assuming for a truly random human on Earth, except even that’s not true anymore, that would go to India.
What’s the definition of “most?” 90%? 80%?
If one looks at it, PRC+ROC’s population is only around 1.4 billion, which is only around 16.8%
If one adds in chinese diaspora, which is 60-70 million, that is still less than 18% of the world’s population
I think the intented phrasing wanted to say out of all nationalities that would be probabilistically the most true if assuming for a truly random human on Earth, except even that’s not true anymore, that would go to India.