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For reference, https://icelandmag.is/article/capita-champion-world https://icelandmag.is/article/capita-champion-world Also most chess GMs per capita, 2nd most

by __s 6y ago

For reference, https://icelandmag.is/article/capita-champion-world https://icelandmag.is/article/capita-champion-world Also most chess GMs per capita, 2nd most cars per capita, it goes on..

Someone 6y ago
That’s just the law of small countries (just made up that term). It’s easier for smaller entities to be an outlier. You’ll find about the same positive as negative ones, though. If you were to split a large country such as the USA or China into parts with a third of a million people, chances are that, for any of these, there would be a parts that beats Iceland. There may be exceptions such as the highest usage of hydro-power usage, as they have a rather unique geology. Vatican City won’t be beat on popes per km², either (it has just over two)
- pedrocr 6y ago
  > Vatican City won’t be beat on popes per km², either (it has just over two) Just over 4 actually. There are 2 popes in 0.49 km^2 so 4.1.
  - Someone 6y ago
    Depends on your definition of pope. There’s only one bishop of Rome/head of the Catholic Church in Vatican City. Benedict XVI now is ‘pope emeritus’ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_in_the_Catholic_Church#Pope_emeritus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_in_the_Catholic_Church#...)
- smnrchrds 6y ago
  Remember the year Vatican city was the murder capital of the world by a large margin? It had 256 murders per 100,000 inhabitants [0]. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/g77wwj/oc_the_homicide_rate_in_vatican_city/ https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/g77wwj/oc_...
- kgwgk 6y ago
  > It’s easier for smaller entities to be an outlier. The Most Dangerous Equation Ignorance of how sample size affects statistical variation has created havoc for nearly a millennium https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/91c1/f00095ca156ea39fe0f225882977b8fa0167.pdf https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/91c1/f00095ca156ea39fe0f225...

by __s 6y ago

For reference, https://icelandmag.is/article/capita-champion-world https://icelandmag.is/article/capita-champion-world Also most chess GMs per capita, 2nd most cars per capita, it goes on..

Someone 6y ago

That’s just the law of small countries (just made up that term). It’s easier for smaller entities to be an outlier. You’ll find about the same positive as negative ones, though. If you were to split a large country such as the USA or China into parts with a third of a million people, chances are that, for any of these, there would be a parts that beats Iceland. There may be exceptions such as the highest usage of hydro-power usage, as they have a rather unique geology. Vatican City won’t be beat on popes per km², either (it has just over two)

pedrocr 6y ago
> Vatican City won’t be beat on popes per km², either (it has just over two) Just over 4 actually. There are 2 popes in 0.49 km^2 so 4.1.
- Someone 6y ago
  Depends on your definition of pope. There’s only one bishop of Rome/head of the Catholic Church in Vatican City. Benedict XVI now is ‘pope emeritus’ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_in_the_Catholic_Church#Pope_emeritus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_in_the_Catholic_Church#...)
smnrchrds 6y ago
Remember the year Vatican city was the murder capital of the world by a large margin? It had 256 murders per 100,000 inhabitants [0]. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/g77wwj/oc_the_homicide_rate_in_vatican_city/ https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/g77wwj/oc_...
kgwgk 6y ago
> It’s easier for smaller entities to be an outlier. The Most Dangerous Equation Ignorance of how sample size affects statistical variation has created havoc for nearly a millennium https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/91c1/f00095ca156ea39fe0f225882977b8fa0167.pdf https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/91c1/f00095ca156ea39fe0f225...