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Only realistic if you don't actually live in the United States. These European projections on how the US could devolve are pretty funny though, and say more ab

Only realistic if you don't actually live in the United States. These European projections on how the US could devolve are pretty funny though, and say more about European bias than anything else.

ynniv 13y ago
I'm not sure which part of tracking the physical location of dollar bills you think has a European bias, but if means that much to you the project was completed at Northwestern University. The professor only later moved to a university in Europe. Please use your gray matter a little more before dispatching the fingers.
- wavefunction 13y ago
  >>gray matter a little more before dispatching the fingers Yet you linked not to the original work but to a German site. I would also point out that assigning physical-proximity as a cultural marker due to the movement of currency is a terrible stand-in for actual cultural similarities. And cultural similarities are what we are concerned with here, if we're discussing the devolution of America based on cultural lines. For instance, the map you provide has Colorado lumped in with Oklahoma, Kansas, and the rest of the Midwest. While these states are proximate physically, the culture between these states is completely different, which is why Colorado has legalized cannabis and OK has a monument on government property to the 10 Commandments. To lump Colorado in with the Midwest just shows how poor the methodology and modeling are. How's that for some gray matter? Is it enough, or do I need more?
  - ynniv 13y ago
    Yet you linked not to the original work but to a German site. Don't be ridiculous, one links to the currently maintained version of a project. While these states are proximate physically, the culture between these states is completely different Citation needed. I lived in Colorado for a couple of years, and in my experience there is more similarity than difference between those places. How's that for some gray matter? Is it enough, or do I need more? It's better than commenting on a domain name, but there is no upper bound on insight.

Only realistic if you don't actually live in the United States. These European projections on how the US could devolve are pretty funny though, and say more about European bias than anything else.

ynniv 13y ago

I'm not sure which part of tracking the physical location of dollar bills you think has a European bias, but if means that much to you the project was completed at Northwestern University. The professor only later moved to a university in Europe. Please use your gray matter a little more before dispatching the fingers.

wavefunction 13y ago
>>gray matter a little more before dispatching the fingers Yet you linked not to the original work but to a German site. I would also point out that assigning physical-proximity as a cultural marker due to the movement of currency is a terrible stand-in for actual cultural similarities. And cultural similarities are what we are concerned with here, if we're discussing the devolution of America based on cultural lines. For instance, the map you provide has Colorado lumped in with Oklahoma, Kansas, and the rest of the Midwest. While these states are proximate physically, the culture between these states is completely different, which is why Colorado has legalized cannabis and OK has a monument on government property to the 10 Commandments. To lump Colorado in with the Midwest just shows how poor the methodology and modeling are. How's that for some gray matter? Is it enough, or do I need more?
- ynniv 13y ago
  Yet you linked not to the original work but to a German site. Don't be ridiculous, one links to the currently maintained version of a project. While these states are proximate physically, the culture between these states is completely different Citation needed. I lived in Colorado for a couple of years, and in my experience there is more similarity than difference between those places. How's that for some gray matter? Is it enough, or do I need more? It's better than commenting on a domain name, but there is no upper bound on insight.