Comment on Does anyone else feel like 90% of the population is stupid?
ook_the_librarian@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Realize that when you are in a group of people, the (set-theoretic) intersection of knowledge only decreases as you add members. But you are likely to assign individual ignorances to the group as whole. “He doesn’t know this; she doesn’t know that” equates to “these people don’t know anything”.
Aceticon@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It also works in the opposite direction (well, up to a point, with too many people communication overheads become too much) - the more people with the more varied expertises and experiences you add, the more complete the group knowledge becomes.