| Option | Result | Data points / Last confirmed |
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| 1. scientific journals publish third-graders' school essays |
-0.8 to +2.66 Economy (mean +0.3937)
-4.24 to -0 Wealth Gaps (mean -0.0847)
-0.81 to +0.13 Death Rate (mean -0.0725)
-19.07 to +106.1 Eco-Friendliness (mean +0.5497)
-61.63 to +105.18 Industry: Automobile Manufacturing (mean +1.5609)
-137.94 to +117.06 Industry: Cheese Exports (mean -0.3515)
-108.79 to +102.13 Industry: Basket Weaving (mean -0.0298)
-42 to +315.99 Industry: Information Technology (mean +84.4859)
-123.11 to +96.46 Industry: Pizza Delivery (mean +0.5425)
-117.95 to +137.72 Industry: Trout Fishing (mean +1.1867)
-149.98 to +155.29 Industry: Arms Manufacturing (mean -0.4053)
-61.51 to +133.9 Sector: Agriculture (mean +2.2209)
-99.36 to +82.38 Industry: Beverage Sales (mean +0.4139)
-63.72 to +121.9 Industry: Timber Woodchipping (mean +0.2256)
-134.31 to +104.44 Industry: Mining (mean -1.2402)
-160.14 to +59.07 Industry: Insurance (mean -0.1246)
-129.88 to +70.18 Industry: Furniture Restoration (mean -0.6850)
-89.75 to +106.86 Industry: Retail (mean +0.6004)
+0 to +710.3 Industry: Book Publishing (mean +294.6907)
-257.21 to +10.87 Industry: Gambling (mean -34.1325)
-239.97 to +264.07 Sector: Manufacturing (mean +1.1276)
+0 to +0.07 Government Size (mean +0.0267)
-56.66 to +152.43 Welfare (mean +1.0869)
-37.88 to +94.15 Public Healthcare (mean +1.4362)
-56.24 to +56.9 Law Enforcement (mean -0.7163)
+0 to +115.18 Business Subsidization (mean +66.8985)
+0 to +1.19 Income Equality (mean +0.1850)
-1.69 to +0.01 Rudeness (mean -0.2089)
+0 to +3.41 Intelligence (mean +0.6842)
-3.25 to -0 Ignorance (mean -0.3232)
-1 to -0 Weather (mean -0.9887)
+0 to +0.1 Compliance (mean +0.0164)
+0 to +0.87 Safety (mean +0.1511)
-0.16 to +0.38 Lifespan (mean +0.0724)
-0.25 to +0.25 Ideological Radicality (mean +0.0184)
-37.5 to +75.87 Defense Forces (mean +0.2534)
+0 to +0.56 Pacifism (mean +0.0255)
-0.75 to -0 Economic Freedom (mean -0.2955)
-0.38 to +0.42 Taxation (mean +0.0056)
-0.61 to +0.26 Freedom From Taxation (mean -0.1264)
+0 to +48.76 Authoritarianism (mean +5.9398)
-2.63 to +0.01 Employment (mean -0.1066)
-21.65 to +77.71 Public Transport (mean +0.4097)
-0.29 to +5.02 Tourism (mean +0.4324)
-0.02 to -0 Weaponization (mean -0.0011)
-0.1 to -0 Recreational Drug Use (mean -0.0495)
-0.07 to -0 Obesity (mean -0.0106)
-0.35 to +0.02 Charmlessness (mean -0.0060)
-0.25 to +0.25 Averageness (mean -0.0184)
-0.16 to +1.11 Human Development Index (mean +0.2522)
-17.32 to -0 Primitiveness (mean -1.6619)
+0 to +13.85 Scientific Advancement (mean +1.2074)
-790.61 to +2013.11 Average Income (mean +419.9167)
-444.23 to +1721.07 Average Income of Poor (mean +386.1069)
-17888 to +4832 Average Income of Rich (mean +55.3672)
-54.39 to +140.47 Public Education (mean +0.8121)
-0.19 to -0 Crime (mean -0.0101)
-11.49 to +29.89 Foreign Aid (mean +0.2151)
-635.84 to +1565.49 Average Disposable Income (mean +240.1245)
-0.84 to -0 Food Quality (mean -0.1305)
sometimes removes notability: exploding hoverboards
may add or remove notability: punitive income tax rates
sometimes removes notability: spontaneously combusting cars
sometimes adds notability: stringent health and safety legislation
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2024-07-24
2023-10-03
2025-04-14
2025-04-22
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| 2. savvy students quote paywalled research knowing that university lecturers can't afford to check the citations |
+0 to +1.85 Civil Rights (mean +0.0224)
-0.17 to +1 Economy (mean +0.1232)
+0 to +7.6 Wealth Gaps (mean +0.3851)
-0.06 to +1.31 Death Rate (mean +0.1122)
-11.68 to +21.28 Eco-Friendliness (mean -1.2755)
-2.76 to -0 Social Conservatism (mean -0.0334)
+0 to +6.75 Nudity (mean +0.0737)
-98.77 to +64.62 Industry: Automobile Manufacturing (mean -4.9584)
-41.9 to +85.08 Industry: Cheese Exports (mean -3.9451)
-29.98 to +49.48 Industry: Basket Weaving (mean -4.9602)
-211.06 to +7.53 Industry: Information Technology (mean -109.1728)
-25.29 to +29.61 Industry: Pizza Delivery (mean -3.8967)
-43.5 to +138.66 Industry: Trout Fishing (mean -0.6896)
-159.54 to +63.61 Industry: Arms Manufacturing (mean -16.8116)
-28.28 to +120.67 Sector: Agriculture (mean -4.9333)
-51.59 to +32.82 Industry: Beverage Sales (mean -6.2575)
-46.63 to +49.48 Industry: Timber Woodchipping (mean -6.2933)
-60.47 to +69.67 Industry: Mining (mean -10.1658)
-55.04 to +31.09 Industry: Insurance (mean -5.1445)
-28.43 to +14.14 Industry: Furniture Restoration (mean -5.4572)
+0 to +430.15 Industry: Retail (mean +214.1160)
+0 to +533.23 Industry: Book Publishing (mean +196.9879)
-22.5 to +278.75 Industry: Gambling (mean +54.2602)
-183.22 to +177.71 Sector: Manufacturing (mean -26.7316)
-0.07 to -0 Government Size (mean -0.0007)
-17.4 to +19.75 Welfare (mean -2.2166)
-24.4 to +21.46 Public Healthcare (mean -3.7904)
-115.04 to +23.98 Law Enforcement (mean -6.0867)
-43.09 to +12.25 Business Subsidization (mean -7.6881)
-0.88 to -0 Income Equality (mean -0.1631)
+0 to +1.43 Rudeness (mean +0.3420)
-1.37 to +0.1 Intelligence (mean -0.3596)
-0.16 to +1.82 Ignorance (mean +0.2848)
+0 to +1 Weather (mean +0.9895)
-1.72 to -0 Compliance (mean -0.0448)
-3.04 to -0 Safety (mean -0.1905)
-0.64 to +0.1 Lifespan (mean -0.0666)
-0.25 to +1.17 Ideological Radicality (mean +0.0486)
-69.94 to +21.93 Defense Forces (mean -7.2217)
-3.36 to -0 Pacifism (mean -0.0632)
+0 to +0.75 Economic Freedom (mean +0.3296)
-0.42 to +0.05 Taxation (mean -0.1138)
-0.03 to +0.88 Freedom From Taxation (mean +0.3732)
-0.19 to +0.41 Corruption (mean +0.0023)
+0 to +0.03 Integrity (mean +0.0003)
-30.82 to -0 Authoritarianism (mean -4.8943)
-0.04 to +0.8 Employment (mean +0.0831)
-11.86 to +16.04 Public Transport (mean -1.6845)
-24.17 to +0.45 Tourism (mean -0.9112)
+0 to +0.23 Weaponization (mean +0.0042)
+0 to +2.77 Recreational Drug Use (mean +0.0831)
+0 to +0.07 Obesity (mean +0.0167)
-0.02 to +32.52 Charmlessness (mean +0.4331)
-1.17 to +0.25 Averageness (mean -0.0486)
-1.15 to +0.15 Human Development Index (mean -0.1206)
+0 to +7.64 Primitiveness (mean +1.6794)
-4.89 to -0 Scientific Advancement (mean -1.3477)
-282.07 to +1333.17 Average Income (mean +221.3623)
-784.92 to +484.23 Average Income of Poor (mean -116.0822)
-1696 to +9353 Average Income of Rich (mean +2292.8000)
-34.53 to +26.51 Public Education (mean -4.9496)
+0 to +0.72 Crime (mean +0.0222)
-3.96 to +6.17 Foreign Aid (mean -0.3417)
-81.67 to +1201.16 Average Disposable Income (mean +292.0769)
-0.18 to +0.28 Patriotism (mean +0.0011)
+0 to +0.78 Food Quality (mean +0.1040)
sometimes adds notability: exploding hoverboards
sometimes removes notability: punitive income tax rates
sometimes adds notability: spontaneously combusting cars
sometimes removes notability: stringent health and safety legislation
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2024-10-08
2025-02-28
2025-03-28
2025-03-02
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| 3. new research always seems to support government initiatives |
-1.9 to -0 Civil Rights (mean -0.7973)
-1.67 to -0 Economy (mean -0.3711)
-4.45 to -0 Political Freedom (mean -1.1889)
-5.91 to -0 Wealth Gaps (mean -0.4446)
-0.99 to +0.07 Death Rate (mean -0.1159)
-47.42 to +15.61 Eco-Friendliness (mean -0.1186)
+0 to +1.42 Social Conservatism (mean +0.7024)
-2.25 to -0 Nudity (mean -0.6689)
-65.71 to +50.96 Industry: Automobile Manufacturing (mean -1.0311)
-97.28 to +30.57 Industry: Cheese Exports (mean -0.7592)
-90.08 to +27.89 Industry: Basket Weaving (mean -1.0351)
-65.19 to +1743.93 Industry: Information Technology (mean +109.2976)
-100.59 to +43.81 Industry: Pizza Delivery (mean -1.8354)
-373.54 to +80.72 Industry: Trout Fishing (mean -13.3814)
-54.59 to +299.13 Industry: Arms Manufacturing (mean +10.8100)
-52.07 to +59.3 Sector: Agriculture (mean +0.6932)
-9.1 to +58.82 Industry: Beverage Sales (mean +5.1597)
-29.71 to +56.76 Industry: Timber Woodchipping (mean +3.2168)
-33.59 to +99.66 Industry: Mining (mean +4.9370)
-79.86 to +30.82 Industry: Insurance (mean -2.6859)
-90.98 to +50.45 Industry: Furniture Restoration (mean -3.3751)
-21.13 to +230.03 Industry: Retail (mean +19.8408)
-1196.5 to -0 Industry: Book Publishing (mean -327.8916)
-394.47 to +141.29 Industry: Gambling (mean -50.4008)
-136.48 to +368.69 Sector: Manufacturing (mean +8.7435)
+0 to +0.19 Government Size (mean +0.0624)
-34.02 to +32 Welfare (mean -0.7749)
-39.17 to +20.46 Public Healthcare (mean +0.4427)
-123.07 to +38.84 Law Enforcement (mean -0.4919)
-20.95 to +80.74 Business Subsidization (mean +6.2649)
+0 to +1.06 Income Equality (mean +0.3149)
-21.36 to -0 Rudeness (mean -2.7665)
-0.62 to +2.9 Intelligence (mean +0.1476)
-2.78 to +0.53 Ignorance (mean -0.2468)
-3 to -0 Weather (mean -1.0270)
+0 to +0.38 Compliance (mean +0.1359)
-0.91 to +0.81 Safety (mean -0.0470)
-0.1 to +0.26 Lifespan (mean +0.0219)
-1.42 to +1.46 Ideological Radicality (mean +0.2395)
-86.42 to +61.45 Defense Forces (mean -0.0995)
+0 to +1.43 Pacifism (mean +0.3670)
-1.25 to -0 Economic Freedom (mean -0.5976)
+0 to +1.31 Taxation (mean +0.3932)
-2.76 to -0 Freedom From Taxation (mean -1.0032)
+0 to +1.66 Corruption (mean +0.4446)
-0.14 to -0 Integrity (mean -0.0451)
+0 to +293.38 Authoritarianism (mean +70.5619)
-0.73 to +0.12 Employment (mean -0.1427)
-28.81 to +16 Public Transport (mean -0.1616)
-8.11 to +15.18 Tourism (mean +1.3081)
-0.11 to -0 Weaponization (mean -0.0078)
-2.46 to -0 Recreational Drug Use (mean -0.5100)
-0.11 to -0 Obesity (mean -0.0254)
-2.01 to +0.39 Charmlessness (mean -0.1100)
-1.46 to +1.42 Averageness (mean -0.2395)
-0.15 to +0.86 Human Development Index (mean +0.1303)
-36.63 to -0 Primitiveness (mean -2.8062)
+0 to +21.61 Scientific Advancement (mean +2.0846)
-1097.02 to +1519.41 Average Income (mean -70.8243)
-408.81 to +1554.83 Average Income of Poor (mean +302.6749)
-16936 to +330 Average Income of Rich (mean -2966.7297)
+0 to +255.85 Public Education (mean +91.0830)
-0.34 to -0 Crime (mean -0.0686)
-8.81 to +3.58 Foreign Aid (mean -0.3657)
-1139.51 to +33.6 Average Disposable Income (mean -423.8938)
+0 to +0.05 Patriotism (mean +0.0138)
-0.49 to -0 Food Quality (mean -0.0970)
sometimes removes notability: absence of drug laws
sometimes adds notability: punitive income tax rates
sometimes adds notability: restrictive gun laws
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