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dlthomas comments on [Infographic] A reminder as to how far the rationality waterline can climb (at least, for the US). - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: dlthomas 05 December 2011 06:03:22PM 2 points [-]

That .doc is actually quite a bit more optimistic than the graphic alone would imply:

Viewed in terms of individual countries, American adults rank second to only Sweden among the 34 countries from which current data area available, using the same metric and the same cutting point.

Optimistic?