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Mohdoo
United States15398 Posts
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DoubleReed
United States4130 Posts
On July 09 2012 02:27 Smat wrote: Guys stop arguing about how man people are gay. The statistics are all completely biased because of the social implications of admiting you are gay. 10 percent is acutally probably the best estimate. Anything below 5 percent is way to low given the size of current gay communities in relation to the their countries population. But the point is, no one really knows. Uhh... no they aren't... and gay communities have straight people in them, you know... 10% is a huge number that I would be very skeptical of. 5% is already 1/20. That means in all likelihood, at least one person in a classroom is gay. Think about your statistics for a bit. I know 2-4% sounds small, but it's really not. | ||
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neoghaleon55
United States7435 Posts
On July 09 2012 02:29 Mohdoo wrote: Another instance of information having a liberal bias social equality for a group of people is not and should not be deemed as liberal or with any political agenda. show some empathy for your fellow human beings. | ||
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xsnac
Barbados1365 Posts
On July 09 2012 02:27 Smat wrote: Guys stop arguing about how man people are gay. The statistics are all completely biased because of the social implications of admiting you are gay. 10 percent is acutally probably the best estimate. Anything below 5 percent is way to low given the size of current gay communities in relation to the their countries population. But the point is, no one really knows. 10% gay ? are you getting out of house ? not want to be mean but i know 1 gay man out of 200 . OP : google will just get more publicity i dont think they step in becose they rly care about gay marriage imo . | ||
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Smat
United States301 Posts
On July 09 2012 02:31 DoubleReed wrote: Uhh... no they aren't... and gay communities have straight people in them, you know... 10% is a huge number that I would be very skeptical of. 5% is already 1/20. That means in all likelihood, at least one person in a classroom is gay. Think about your statistics for a bit. I know 2-4% sounds small, but it's really not. Yes I know you believe 10 percent is big, not if you take into account bisexual people and others with fluid sexuality. But what I am telling you is that you are completely unaware of how many queer people there actually are. 2-4 percent is actually quite small given what we already know about the numbers of "out" gay people. | ||
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Mohdoo
United States15398 Posts
On July 09 2012 02:31 neoghaleon55 wrote: social equality for a group of people is not and should not be deemed as liberal or with any political agenda. show some empathy for your fellow human beings. I think you misunderstood my post. It was intended to bring up the fact that liberal policies tend to have basis in facts and science, as opposed to the opposite. Google being a company of information could have been said to be similar. Was a joke and I support Google here  | ||
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Smat
United States301 Posts
On July 09 2012 02:31 xsnac wrote: 10% gay ? are you getting out of house ? not want to be mean but i know 1 gay man out of 200 . OP : google will just get more publicity i dont think they step in becose they rly care about gay marriage imo . Don't rely on your social circles to determine the amount of queer people seriously... A better experiment would be to think about your high school class, but oh wait you have no idea how many people are gay from your high school class. See the problem? | ||
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neoghaleon55
United States7435 Posts
10% is based off the Kinsey study which has since been proven false with the increase data collection. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_percent_of_the_world_is_gay | ||
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Roe
Canada6002 Posts
On July 09 2012 02:35 Mohdoo wrote: I think you misunderstood my post. It was intended to bring up the fact that liberal policies tend to have basis in facts and science, as opposed to the opposite. Google being a company of information could have been said to be similar. Was a joke and I support Google here I was gonna pull out the ole' "reality has a well known liberal bias" quote | ||
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farvacola
United States18818 Posts
On July 09 2012 02:36 Smat wrote: Don't rely on your social circles to determine the amount of queer people seriously... A better experiment would be to think about your high school class, but oh wait you have no idea how many people are gay from your high school class. See the problem? No, a better experiment would be one that starts off without anecdotal bias, something you seem hopelessly mired in. | ||
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DoubleReed
United States4130 Posts
On July 09 2012 02:34 Smat wrote: Yes I know you believe 10 percent is big, not if you take into account bisexual people and others with fluid sexuality. But what I am telling you is that you are completely unaware of how many queer people there actually are. 2-4 percent is actually quite small given what we already know about the numbers of "out" gay people. I was talking about identity, not people who have had homosexual experiences (or waffling or whatever), which tends to be more like 7-8%. I dunno, if I see evidence that it's more then it's more. I don't care. Maybe I am completely unaware. I'm not going to pretend that I know a lot of gay people. | ||
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MrF
United States320 Posts
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wswordsmen
United States987 Posts
On July 09 2012 02:36 neoghaleon55 wrote: It's actually around 3-5% 10% is based off the Kinsey study which has since been proven false with the increase data collection. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_percent_of_the_world_is_gay Beaten. Although cities seem to be hot spots for the gay population (there could be a number of reasons for that). It is worth noting the number of people who have had sex with someone of the same sex or been attracted sexually to individuals of the same sex, yet consider themselves straight is higher. On main topic: Hope this doesn't backfire. | ||
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bailando
Germany332 Posts
i wouldnt be to happy for the gay community. imo google is doing it for the wrong reasons (marketing). but whatever. i guess it works. | ||
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IrOnKaL
United States340 Posts
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DoubleReed
United States4130 Posts
On July 09 2012 02:46 bailando wrote: thats a pretty smart move. i wouldnt be to happy for the gay community. imo google is doing it for the wrong reasons (marketing). but whatever. i guess it works. Google has employees who are gay and have had to choose between moving and getting married and staying at Google. There are many corporations who are dealing with similar issues and want their employees to not have to make such ridiculous decisions. This is not their first campaign for gay marriage. This is just the global one. | ||
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RogerX
New Zealand3180 Posts
This is interesting for future predictions hm.. | ||
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Smat
United States301 Posts
On July 09 2012 02:36 neoghaleon55 wrote: It's actually around 3-5% 10% is based off the Kinsey study which has since been proven false with the increase data collection. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_percent_of_the_world_is_gay I would like to see a study done in 2012, wouldn't be surprised if the results were different. Statistics only works when you have willing participants, or you develope a formula to account for unwilling participants. | ||
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Smat
United States301 Posts
On July 09 2012 02:38 farvacola wrote: No, a better experiment would be one that starts off without anecdotal bias, something you seem hopelessly mired in. How can I have anecdotal bias if i never shared any anecdots? I have never tried to determine how many queer people are in my high school class. | ||
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zala2023
United States228 Posts
its not like the moment gay marriage is legalized the gays are gonna start forcefully marrying normal straight people lol whats there to be scared of? | ||
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