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Edit: This is obviously hilariously wrong.

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[–] F04118F@feddit.nl 85 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This, but also isn't that how genetics works? You're not going to see a native Chihuahua thriving in the arctic.

(But it's probably something about what countries actually do testing, etc. )

[–] DeadDigger@lemmy.zip -2 points 1 day ago

Well when you look at Europe you see that the countries that make up the majority of the countries that colonized America have the higher autism rates too

[–] Zkuld@lemmy.world 52 points 1 day ago

This reminds me of how we beat covid by not testing for it anymore

[–] vonxylofon@lemmy.world 51 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Tell me you don't understand sample selection bias without saying you don't understand sample selection bias.

[–] Nighed@feddit.uk 5 points 1 day ago

I think that's the point

[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 33 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It's time to introduce everyone to the concept of Culture bound syndrome

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 8 points 2 days ago

Good link, thx.

[–] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

My favorite part:

Some culture-bound syndromes appear with similar features in several cultures, but with locally specific traits, such as penis panics.

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

New Zealand very smart, just skip Autism altogether.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Many diseases seem to not exist in New Zealand.

[–] bonedaddy@mander.xyz 11 points 1 day ago

I for one upvoted this post because it is stupid.

[–] Denjin@feddit.uk 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Obviously it's because people in Africa and south America don't have access to paracetamol.

[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 6 points 2 days ago

Acet....achet....ackt.see.tomofin....better known as tylenol THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER

[–] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Let's play Pick the Cognitive Biases. Not just in the picture, but in the comments and the reasons people downvoted this.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases

[–] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

If you see this comment, it could be interesting to get an idea of how many people:

a) Thought OP posted this in like a "Look at how dumb this is" way, or,

b) Thought OP agreed with the idea presented in the image.

I think this might have to do with communication climates (I am so far from an expert in anything) and how a climate of disagreement with peers and prevalent media can affect how a message is received. In other words, if surrounded by stupid people with stupid ideas it's easy to assume the next stupid idea has come from a stupid person.

[–] mienshao@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Yeah if this instance is going to become a place to post disinformation, I’m out. I came here to escape reddit, not double down on its worst aspects.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 31 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It's a place to deconstruct disinformation. Discussing why things are wrong can be more important than just facts.

Calm down, you're in a memes channel, and OP here posts science memes all the time. I'm very sure this is satirical

[–] notsosure@sh.itjust.works -2 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] AugustWest@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

If you block OP, you have basically left the community, as OP is this community. Either way, I’m fairly certain OP is posting this as in “look at how dumb this is.” It’s a science memes community.

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Like the idiots who don’t understand sarcasm?

[–] notsosure@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Sarcasm no worky worky on internet. Therefore we invent emoji. 🔏

[–] QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

damn sorry for downvotes OP, I thought it was pretty funny

[–] Manjushri@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Poe's Law. Without a clear indicator, a lot of people took it as OP believing this.

[–] QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works 2 points 17 hours ago

OP added the description after like an hour, people have kept downvoting after it was added

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 8 points 1 day ago

Tough crowd. ヘ(^_^)

[–] Siethron@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Tylenol is just really popular in the US

[–] very_well_lost@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

The US should just switch to paracetamol. Problem solved!

this is what happens when you discard the confidence data

[–] InfiniteKrebs@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

Dave Asprey moment

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Anyway, fact is that the US ranks in the place 33 in the average IQ level, maybe saved by the chinese and corean scientifics working in the MIT, no need of an fake map.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/average-iq-by-country