Jomega@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-21 month agoDespite being true, the sentence "Most people are Chinese." sounds weird when spoken out loud.message-squaremessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up181file-text
arrow-up181message-squareDespite being true, the sentence "Most people are Chinese." sounds weird when spoken out loud.Jomega@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-21 month agomessage-square27linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareThymos@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoBut in this case there is a larger group than the Chinese people, i.e. all the people that are not Chinese. If “most people are not Chinese” is true, then “most people are Chinese” cannot be true.
But in this case there is a larger group than the Chinese people, i.e. all the people that are not Chinese. If “most people are not Chinese” is true, then “most people are Chinese” cannot be true.