You’re being downvoted, but I think its because of how you said it, rather than what you meant.
It’s actually very true that human brains often do poorly at understanding volume.
I used to work in a bar, and we had two different shapes of glasses. One was shorter than the other but slightly fatter. Both glasses held exactly 1 pint, but customers always thought the shorter glass was smaller.
And that is exactly the point.
Manufacturers are depending on psychological tricks like these to give a false impression of how much product they are selling, and it works.
You’re being downvoted, but I think its because of how you said it, rather than what you meant.
It’s actually very true that human brains often do poorly at understanding volume.
I used to work in a bar, and we had two different shapes of glasses. One was shorter than the other but slightly fatter. Both glasses held exactly 1 pint, but customers always thought the shorter glass was smaller.
And that is exactly the point.
Manufacturers are depending on psychological tricks like these to give a false impression of how much product they are selling, and it works.
That’s why we should look at the labels.