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by grandDesigns 3774 days ago
Teachers and Nurses appear often simply because there are a lot of them compared to all other occupations. There are, say, 100times more female teachers than female X for all other X.

Most common human Bayesian fallacy: forgetting the priors.

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Yes, I think this visualization would be FAR more helpful if the weighted lines were adjusted by the relative population in each group. Or at the very least make each group a different sized bubble so you aren't surprised when so many lines seem to keep going back to it.
All the cute nurses I've met are married. They seem to get married at a young age (20-23).