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[โ€“] scrion@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

When I was a kid reading detective stories and the like, I was always baffled by how witnesses interviewed by the police could describe the suspect as e. g. around 6' 5" - until I realized people use their own height as reference and it's much easier to judge the smaller, relative difference.

I guess that works for apartment sizes / area as well.

[โ€“] Takumidesh@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

Also, people just guess and are wrong most of the time.