Some graphs make me sad

[andrewducker]

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[simont]

I wonder on what grounds the rest of the countries in the world are excluded from this graph. Perhaps because these are the countries in which the "do you believe in evolution" survey has happened? But it doesn't say that, which leaves me with just the sneaking suspicion that the graph might turn out to look a lot more haphazard with a full set of data, and that the data points shown might have been cherry-picked to give a misleading impression.

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

Good grief, only 40% of the American public believe in evolution?!!

[fjm.livejournal.com]

I read once, and I can't remember where, that there is a direct correlation between declining belief in heaven, and the presence of retirement benefits.

[fjm.livejournal.com]

Just a thought: but if you did this state by state for the USA I wonder if it would show the same curve?

[eatsoylentgreen.livejournal.com]

Turkey is an outlier too, the line should go through Bulgaria instead.

[bohemiancoast.livejournal.com]

I wonder how an analysis by income *parity* would come out? The US has a lot of very poor people you know, and rather fewer very rich ones.

[apostle-of-eris.livejournal.com]

Austria? Switzerland?

[johnbobshaun.livejournal.com]

I'd be interested to know the figures for India and China since they're glaring omissions from the sample.

[heron61.livejournal.com]

It's even sadder if you live here. This is a nation where I consider around 20-25% of the population to be dangerously delusional (IOW religious extremism and religious bigotry are central to their worldview, and they also tend to believe oddities like the US president is a Muslim who was born in Kenya). I rather suspect those numbers are considerably lower in other developed nations.

[lpetrazickis.livejournal.com]

As someone born in Latvia, I have to say :-(