A website centered around scientific plots and graphs that show factually correct correlations between ridiculous and (almost certainly) unrelated variables.
Examples include how the number of UFO sightings in Maryland tracks with the amount of gasoline consumed in Thailand, or how GMO use in Minnesota corn tracks with the number of global pirate attacks.
Link: https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations
was jumping around github websites... somehow ended up on this guy's list of "Top Ten" items 1οΈβ£0οΈβ£
some lists include
- 10 Stupidest Olympic Events
- 10 Mathematicians That I Know Well Whom I've Never Met
- 10 Things I Did Much Later Than Most People
also check out his other math proofs... def a smart cookie πͺ
When my physics professor showed the class this website, he could not stop laughing.
I canβt blame himβit has been four years and I still come back to it sometimes.
I want to regularly exchange hand-written letters with someone in a distant country and confide in them as we share our day-to-day struggles, passions, dreams etc. and learn about each others' cultures
