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corvusmonedula OP t1_je93iva wrote

Reply to comment by glowdirt in UK Roadkill recorded on iNaturalist by species (Sankey) [OC] by corvusmonedula

A small minority, yes. In a study in Ontario ~3% of motorists aimed for them. 3% of the huge volumes of drivers is lots. Add to that that many snakes reach sexual maturity late, and are slow breeders, that's a disaster. In South Africa it's very common, there's an attitude of 'kill first, identify later'.

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sciencesebi3 t1_je8vynm wrote

Reply to [OC] Research Funding vs Human Development: a country's R&D spending correlates with its societal well-being by latinometrics

What you've found here is a confounding variable. If you'd plot individual HDI versus the number of Rolex watches owned, I'd wager you'd find two distinct clusters. Does that mean that the gouvernamnent should focus on buying people gold watches, rather than healthcare?

No. This is because people who have their basic needs met start to focus on other shit.

Please stop posting irrelevant graphs like this.

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InspectorCluesNo t1_je8vl8w wrote

Reply to comment by budgetthrowaway1209 in [OC] 2022 Income & expenses Sankey for family of 3.5 in SoCal by budgetthrowaway1209

No, you aren't middle class. Not by any appreciable metric. Your gross income is 8X the average HH income. According to https://dqydj.com/average-median-top-household-income-percentiles/ and even your own admission, you are in the top 1% of earners. You saved $150K last year, which is twice the national HH income.

And I'm sure all those people 'driving Lucids around Manhattan Beach' say the same thing you did: "It's hard for me to classify myself as upper class when I only have a Gulfstream 4. It's not like I have two G800's like some of the so-and-so's I see at the private hangar."

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Gulbahar-00 t1_je8ncze wrote

Reply to comment by breathnac in From millionaires to Muslims, small subgroups of the population seem much larger to many Americans by jrdjared

I have a background in suicidology and talked about something like that briefly. The concept of “suicide awareness” is a bit misguided as people are not aware of issues within their community, not on a national level.

In a survey, people estimated that 20 percent of the population has attempted suicide. It’s actually five percent. But 40 percent said that they personally know someone who has.

Three percent of the population has green eyes. I seriously doubt that 60 percent of people will say that they don’t know anyone with green eyes.

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SerialStateLineXer t1_je83s9x wrote

Reply to comment by Klass13 in [OC] Research Funding vs Human Development: a country's R&D spending correlates with its societal well-being by latinometrics

People who take antidepressants are more depressed than people who do not. If we just look at the correlation, we might assume that antidepressants cause depression, but the opposite is true.

In this case, there's still a correlation, but the sign is the opposite of the true causal effect of taking antidepressants.

Alternatively, consider a car being driven over a hilly road at a constant speed. When the car is going uphill, it's burning more gas. There's no correlation between speed and gas consumption, but gas consumption increases speed.

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compounding t1_je7g0uy wrote

Reply to comment by Klass13 in [OC] Research Funding vs Human Development: a country's R&D spending correlates with its societal well-being by latinometrics

Not in particular to stats, no, but I also haven’t really looked for something like that.

Maybe the only place I know that might have a higher than usual concentration would be /r/slatestarcodex, which has some small overlapping interest in Bayesian reasoning and is generally more interested than other communities in using stats accurately rather than just as a tool to prove pre-determined point (sometimes).

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