World developement, the internet and making statistics fun

[matgb]

Take twenty minutes out. Put aside the time. Watch this:
TED | Talks | Hans Rosling: Debunking third-world myths with the best stats you've ever seen (video):

With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, Hans Rosling debunks myths about the so-called "developing world" using extraordinary animation software developed by his Gapminder Foundation.

So very cool. And I think he's right; we have all the data we need, we just can't access it and don't know how to use it.

Look out for the bit where China jumps up on the US.

Comments

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

* luffs that chimps are 0.1 smarter than professors *

He's almost as cool as Peter Snow! I did like China looming over America like a scooby doo ghost as well

[matgb]

Random clicking is a better way to answer proper!science!tests!

That is wrong, right?

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

It's a great way to illustrate that we have preconcieved ideas about stuff, though. We always used to say in contract law that we'd be happy if we beat the monkey mark on the multiple guess questions...