#1042 Failure to Launch

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1. rocket scientists spend more time designing slide shows than launching rockets
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-73.4 to -0 Industry: Arms Manufacturing (mean -11.3664)
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-39.6 to -0 Industry: Retail (mean -10.2193)
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-15.56 to -0 Public Healthcare (mean -6.0254)
-32.11 to -0 Law Enforcement (mean -9.2018)
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-0.11 to -0.01 Income Equality (mean -0.0628)
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-10.88 to -0 Public Transport (mean -2.0810)
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-0.04 to +0.04 Averageness (mean +0.0264)
-0.02 to +0.01 Human Development Index (mean -0.0038)
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-4.38 to -0 Foreign Aid (mean -0.3933)
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2. carpal tunnel syndrome is on the rise
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-452.79 to +132.73 Industry: Pizza Delivery (mean +15.3955)
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-426.3 to +195.4 Industry: Arms Manufacturing (mean +2.0776)
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-125.52 to +271.36 Industry: Beverage Sales (mean +40.8395)
-175.87 to +153.92 Industry: Timber Woodchipping (mean +34.4988)
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-65.63 to +241.14 Industry: Furniture Restoration (mean +66.5069)
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-85.21 to +418.59 Industry: Gambling (mean +77.8991)
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-0.27 to -0 Compliance (mean -0.0744)
-0.06 to -0 Safety (mean -0.0029)
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-1.62 to -0 Environmental Beauty (mean -0.1531)
-0.96 to +0.96 Charmlessness (mean -0.0740)
-0.88 to +0.89 Averageness (mean +0.3587)
-0.53 to +0.45 Human Development Index (mean -0.0403)
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+7.21 to +449.61 Scientific Advancement (mean +86.6095)
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sometimes adds policy: AI Personhood
sometimes adds policy: ID Chips
sometimes adds policy: AI Planning
removes policy: No Computers
removes notability: clockwork self-driving vehicles
sometimes adds notability: digital currency
removes notability: fear of technology
sometimes removes notability: hatred of cheese
sometimes removes notability: punitive income tax rates
sometimes adds notability: soft-spoken computers
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3. spaceports are more prevalent than computer ports
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-1.29 to +1.04 Industry: Cheese Exports (mean -0.1352)
-5.49 to +2.89 Industry: Basket Weaving (mean -1.4442)
-9.62 to +4.53 Industry: Information Technology (mean -0.8509)
-1.7 to +4.42 Industry: Pizza Delivery (mean +0.0776)
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-5.32 to +1.74 Sector: Agriculture (mean -0.4936)
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-16.86 to +7.96 Industry: Mining (mean -2.7991)
-0.16 to +1.67 Industry: Insurance (mean +0.0458)
-5.22 to +3.47 Industry: Furniture Restoration (mean -1.1382)
-12.2 to +17.44 Industry: Retail (mean -1.9709)
-5.94 to +3.84 Industry: Book Publishing (mean -0.7536)
-3.82 to +7.82 Industry: Gambling (mean +0.1224)
-19.56 to +22.81 Sector: Manufacturing (mean -2.0955)
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-8.35 to +9.19 Business Subsidization (mean -2.3624)
-0.09 to -0.01 Income Equality (mean -0.0555)
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-0.02 to -0 Compliance (mean -0.0052)
-0.65 to -0 Safety (mean -0.0630)
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-0.01 to -0 Pacifism (mean -0.0006)
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-1.3 to -0 Tourism (mean -0.1297)
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-0.04 to +0.04 Averageness (mean +0.0224)
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4. schoolchildren quote interesting facts about the square of the hypotenuse
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-13.5 to +0.44 Industry: Trout Fishing (mean -0.6705)
-52.22 to +4.87 Industry: Arms Manufacturing (mean -9.3873)
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-9.19 to +2.34 Industry: Insurance (mean -0.5778)
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-1 Weather
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sometimes removes notability: complete lack of public education
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