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[-] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 6 points 9 months ago

I wonder if this map just has darker colors for (some of) the low population density areas. If there are only 5 people in a zone, and one is a kook who sees ufos, that's 20% of the population in that region who have spotted a ufo! The zone next to it with 5 people has a kook who maybe believes in werewolves, so they get a light square on this map.

[-] Amaltheamannen@lemmy.ml -1 points 9 months ago

Yeah it's not adjusted per capita. About as dumb as the map showing UFO sightings mainly in US because they used US statistics.

[-] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

It says that it's per capita in the image: "Reported UFO sightings per 100k residents".

[-] Amaltheamannen@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago

Youre right I missread.

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