American Vice: Mapping the 7 Deadly Sins

[Ian David]

We're gluttons for infographics, and a team at Kansas State just served up a feast: maps of sin created by plotting per-capita stats on things like theft (envy) and STDs (lust). Christian clergy, likely noting the Bible Belt's status as Wrath Central, question the "science." Valid point—or maybe it's just the pride talking.

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Wrath
Number of violent crimes (murder, assault, and rape) per capita.



Lust
Number of STD cases reported per capita.



Sloth
Expenditures on art, entertainment, and recreation compared with employment.




More:
http://www.wired.com/culture/education/magazine/17-09/st_sinmaps

[Arctic Dave]

1. This is gonna be good.

[izquierdista]

2. Looks like a weather map

If you look at Pride (the composite of the other 6), you notice all the sin is where the weather is warm. I guess you can't sin in the upper Midwest with all the blizzards they have there.

[valerief]

4. People are too tired from shoveling snow to rape the neighbor. nt

[BrklynLiberal]

17. Fascinating correlation...

:eyes:

[valerief]

3. Wow, interesting correlations! nt

[damntexdem]

5. Let's hear it for sloth! Go sloth!!!

It apparently makes us more cultured. ;-)

[BlooInBloo]

13. Seattle sloth - checking in!

\o/

[Initech]

6. How about some theme music for this article:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKzyhA-lrqM

:evilgrin:

[provis99]

7. I notice the South leads in every category but greed

Probably because greed implies ambition, and the damn southerners are lazy and unambitious.

[Ian David]

8. But the northwest seems to lead in Sloth. n/t

[BlooInBloo]

9. Why does reality always have to bash the south? Gawd reality is an asshole.

[redqueen]

10. Is NJ "the south" now? SD? SF?

Most of TX isn't as dark as most of the southeast, so I guess we're not 'the south' now.

Hey, maybe I'll join in with the bashing!

[BlooInBloo]

12. I'm sorry "center of mass" doesn't mean anything to you. Very, very sorry.

[redqueen]

14. I'm sorry facts matter less than generalization to you...

but hey, anything to make the bashing seem less wrong, right?

[BlooInBloo]

15. That's what I say when people calculate centers of mass, too....

I never understood why they all laughed at me. Now I do.

Thanks!

[redqueen]

16. Whatever gets you through the night. (nt)

[timo]

11. ha

its toooo hot in south Texas for stds, but we will do a drive in a heart beat

[Prophet 451]

18. Fascinating

What would be interesting is how these map with poverty levels because the greatest indicator of crime has always been levels of poverty. If that ties into other social ills as well, it tells us something important about society.