Jan. 7th, 2009

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Have you ever played with Google Trends? It takes one, two, or more topics, and graphs the amount of internet traffic on that topic over a span of time. Basically, you can compare trends to see if there are correlations between things. They can be totally random things, or closely related things.

Today, I decided to play with Google Trends, and tried THIS on for size:


Scale is based on the average worldwide traffic of violence in all years.

religion
 
2.18
violence
 
1.00





(Pardon the blurry picture - I tried to enlarge it so you could see it better.  Click here to see the original page.)

Hmmm... a strong correlation between religion and violence? Let the data speak for itself; make of it what you will.  Please feel free to discuss.

Rules of engagement:  Do not insult any particular religion as a whole.  Do not get into a flame war.  We can agree to disagree.  Don't get nasty.  Use logic, facts, and rational discussion.  Do not cuss at people.

So... your thoughts?

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