laypeople

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Ingrid Robeyns, a philosopher and economist, has written that the wealth of the world’s richest has soared so much it is nearly incomprehensible for laypeople to grasp.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

The people this term doesn’t include are those—often self-diagnosed laypeople or the patients of anti-scientific practitioners—who believe that they have insidious Lyme infections missed by blood tests and persistent beyond any normal antibiotic treatment.

From Slate • Dec. 19, 2025

Like most laypeople, you’re not in an authoritative position to judge the accuracy and thoroughness of your estate-planning documents.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 6, 2025

Negative public perceptions about AI could put tech companies at a disadvantage when such cases go before juries of laypeople.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2025

Today, China appears politically, culturally, and linguistically monolithic, at least to laypeople.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond