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[-] beq@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Beside the point, but maybe still worthmentioning: if the "majority" is in truth just another minority, but the biggest one, with, say, 15% of the population, and therefore by default calls itself the majority, you're still more likely to pick an individual of one of the 24 other minorities. What you're unlikely to do, is to pick an individual of a specific minority, no matter which one. The "least unlikely" is an individual of said "majority", because it's the biggest minority. It's still relatively unlikely, though, and likelier to pick an individual of some other minority, just not any specific one.

[-] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

yes, but you still have a higher probability of picking one of those than any other individual one of the others. you do have a higher probability of picking any other than that single one, but that's not saying much. If you pick a random sample, the biggest minority will still be the biggest minority.

[-] beq@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Correct, you have the highest probability of picking an individual from the biggest minority.

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