Yep. And subsaharan Africa is a loss, because I'm guessing it's the place bucking the trend. I wouldn't go quite as far as "selective", though, since that implies intentionality or completely different results.

I would guess that the rest of MENA looks a lot like Turkey, if you could manage to safely poll it - a starting point that's uniformly hostile, but a few people being swayed by progressive influence over time. Religious belief of the younger generations is also descending faster than anywhere else IIRC.

North Korea would also be fascinating, with a magic wand.

[–] Wigners_friend@piefed.social -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you leave out data that bucks a trend you like, then you are being selective.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

since that implies intentionality or completely different results.

I don't really see evidence of either. Many minor countries elsewhere are neglected as well, and it's still a global trend.

[–] Wigners_friend@piefed.social 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

So it's a global trend based on non-global data carefully selected to leave out anything that doesn't agree?

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

It's also just a global trend anecdotally, and probably based on other research that's been done. And it almost certainly does extend to MENA for reasons I mentioned. This is one of those infographics that's not really surprising.

based on non-global data carefully selected to leave out anything that doesn’t agree?

Basically, asked and answered.

[–] Wigners_friend@piefed.social 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

Lol, indeed.

Edit: Thanks, I unsubbed this feed. Scientific illiterates masturbating over how "objective" their data is.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Okay, have a great day.

[–] Geobloke@aussie.zone 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Well homosexuality is illegal in much of North Africa and the Middle East, so running a poll might get you in trouble

[–] Wigners_friend@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

A reasonable point, but extremely difficult to square with the claim made by the OP. Also, the rest of Africa exists.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

And subsaharan Africa, including Nigeria I think.

Edit: Yep, punishable by hard time in the Christian south, and death in the Muslim north. Other Christian nations down there have brought in the death penalty over time.