Evolution and Wealth

Greetings,
I came across this plot, and decided to post it here.

Figure: Plot that shows the correlation between the percentage of the public the accepts evolution and the GDP per capita.
(Source: Calamities of Nature)

So, what can we learn from this plot?

1. The higher the GDP per capita, the more people accept evolution (important note: it's a correlation, not necessarily a causal connection).

2. The acceptance of evolution still has a long way to go (the highest acceptance rates hover around 80%, which means that even here 1 out of every 5 people don't accept evolution!). 

3. Norwegians make a lot of money.

4. Icelanders are the coolest (no pun intended) people on the planet, closely followed by Danish and Swedish people.

5. Something is very, very wrong in the USA.

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