Jomega@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-214 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-214 days agomessage-square27linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareThymos@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·14 days 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.