Same thing with RottenTomatoes ratings. “90% fresh” just means the reviewers thought it wasn’t terrible. It really doesn’t say anything about the actual quality of the movie.
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BrotherL0v3@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Holy shit, I am totally guilty of this.
For those who haven’t yet read the article, the idea is that people interpret “80% of people prefer Pepsi Max to Coke” as “Pepsi Max is 80% yummier than Coke”, when in reality most of that 80% only slightly prefers Pepsi.
Basically a strong difference in proportion of people who prefer one option to another does not necessarily imply a strong difference in the average opinion between the two.
ech@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
i mean it’s also important to note that companies can blatantly lie
Pulptastic@midwest.social 1 week ago
And Pepsi def be lying, no one likes that shit.
adespoton@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
That’s how politics tends to operate too.