Top variables that correlate with xkcd comics published about philosophy

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Data source: AI analysis of xkcd comics
Additional Info: ^{See full details} I designed a Python workflow to perform OCR on every xkcd comic, feed that text into a large language model, and ask the model whether this comic was about the category named in the title.

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Variable	Correlation	Years	Has img?
Bachelor's degrees awarded in Liberal arts	r=0.93	10yrs	Yes!

xkcd comics published about philosophy also correlates with...

Variable	Correlation	Years	Sys. Score
The number of kindergarten teachers in Illinois	r=0.89	16yrs	316
Total number of passenger vehicles sold in China	r=0.94	7yrs	296
Popularity of the 'what does the fox say' meme	r=0.87	11yrs	285
Air pollution in Monroe, Louisiana	r=0.85	17yrs	284
Associates degrees awarded in Fire control and safety	r=0.88	11yrs	280
The number of political scientists in Maine	r=0.86	11yrs	258
The number of preschool special education teachers in Alaska	r=0.86	11yrs	256
The number of movies Channing Tatum appeared in	r=0.79	17yrs	174
How 'hip and with it' Matt Parker's YouTube video titles are	r=0.81	13yrs	172
Ecopetrol's stock price (EC)	r=0.82	15yrs	169
The number of movies Elijah Wood appeared in	r=0.75	17yrs	168
The number of movies Rosamund Pike appeared in	r=0.74	17yrs	166
Number of public school students in 1st grade	r=0.76	16yrs	164
Cenovus Energy's stock price (CVE)	r=0.78	14yrs	162
Petroluem consumption in Solomon Islands	r=0.78	15yrs	162
Jet fuel used in Burkina Faso	r=0.77	15yrs	160
Google searches for 'facebook'	r=0.73	17yrs	159
US household spending on maintenance and repairs	r=0.74	16yrs	158
Bachelor's degrees awarded in gender studies	r=0.83	10yrs	154
Total views on minutephysics YouTube videos	r=0.75	13yrs	148
Popularity of the 'bazinga' meme	r=0.71	17yrs	147
Google searches for 'how to fake your own death'	r=0.7	17yrs	146
Customer satisfaction with FOXNews.com	r=0.78	12yrs	146
Popularity of the 'first world problems' meme	r=0.69	17yrs	144
Total comments on minutephysics YouTube videos	r=0.73	13yrs	144
The divorce rate in South Carolina	r=0.77	15yrs	143
The number of rehabilitation counselors in Wyoming	r=0.84	16yrs	143
Brick cheese consumption	r=0.69	15yrs	142
Google searches for 'zombies'	r=0.72	17yrs	142
Customer satisfaction with Customer Shipping	r=0.73	15yrs	142
Jet fuel used in Kosovo	r=0.76	13yrs	142
Consumption of dry buttermilk products	r=0.67	15yrs	139
Popularity of the first name Sophia	r=0.71	16yrs	137
Popularity of the first name Bryn	r=0.71	16yrs	137
United States' Fruit Juice Export Volume	r=0.71	13yrs	136
Number of public school students in Kindergarten	r=0.67	16yrs	136
Customer satisfaction with Publix	r=0.69	14yrs	135
Number of Slot Machines in Nevada	r=0.63	16yrs	134
Emmy Awards Ceremony viewership	r=0.67	16yrs	132
The number of archivists in Arkansas	r=0.84	15yrs	132
Popularity of the first name Chyna	r=0.67	16yrs	131
Master's degrees awarded in literature	r=0.83	10yrs	124
The number of middle school special education teachers in Maryland	r=0.82	16yrs	120
The number of movies Jude Law appeared in	r=0.71	17yrs	117
Master's degrees awarded in Transportation	r=0.83	10yrs	114
Average views of 3Blue1Brown YouTube videos	r=0.75	9yrs	114
Google searches for 'Vihart'	r=0.72	17yrs	112
Kerosene used in Botswana	r=0.73	15yrs	109
The number of movies Paul Walker appeared in	r=0.71	17yrs	107
Popularity of the 'y u no' meme	r=0.62	17yrs	104
Bachelor's degrees awarded in literature	r=0.82	10yrs	102
Total likes of Vihart's YouTube videos	r=0.7	15yrs	102
Google searches for 'vihart'	r=0.71	17yrs	101
Popularity of the first name Nikole	r=0.67	16yrs	101
The number of movies Kirsten Dunst appeared in	r=0.71	16yrs	96
Kerosene used in Rwanda	r=0.7	15yrs	94
Popularity of the first name Trayvon	r=0.67	16yrs	91
Bachelor's degrees awarded in linguistics	r=0.81	10yrs	90
The number of urban planners in Massachusetts	r=0.82	16yrs	90
How geeky MrBeast's YouTube video titles are	r=0.71	12yrs	90
Google searches for 'Gangnam Style'	r=0.7	12yrs	84
Liquefied petroleum gas used in Venezuela	r=0.7	15yrs	84
Master's degrees awarded in Social sciences and history	r=0.81	10yrs	80
The number of special education teachers in Virginia	r=0.85	11yrs	80
How trendy Matt Parker's YouTube video titles are	r=0.7	13yrs	80
The number of movies Ryan Gosling appeared in	r=0.66	17yrs	80
Biomass power generated in Kenya	r=0.67	15yrs	73
Google searches for 'Nicolas Cage'	r=0.65	17yrs	72
Associates degrees awarded in Engineering technologies	r=0.8	11yrs	68
The number of bartenders in Kansas	r=0.8	16yrs	68
Total views on Vihart's YouTube videos	r=0.67	15yrs	68
The number of movies Dwayne Johnson appeared in	r=0.64	17yrs	66
Nuclear power generation in United Kingdom	r=0.66	15yrs	62
Bachelor's degrees awarded in Philosophy	r=0.79	10yrs	58
The number of boiler operators in Oklahoma	r=0.81	16yrs	58
How nerdy MrBeast's YouTube video titles are	r=0.69	12yrs	58
Kerosene used in Djibouti	r=0.68	15yrs	52
The number of farm equipment mechanics in Iowa	r=0.83	13yrs	48
Associates degrees awarded in health assistance	r=0.79	11yrs	47
Total comments on Vihart's YouTube videos	r=0.66	15yrs	46
Jet fuel used in Russia	r=0.68	15yrs	42
Associates degrees awarded in Legal professions and studies	r=0.79	11yrs	37
The number of locker room attendants in Florida	r=0.8	16yrs	37
The average number of likes on Computerphile YouTube videos	r=0.68	11yrs	35
Associates degrees awarded in Business operations	r=0.78	11yrs	26
The number of hotel managers in Minnesota	r=0.79	16yrs	26
Bachelor's degrees awarded in Social sciences and history	r=0.78	10yrs	16
The number of groundskeepers in Puerto Rico	r=0.79	16yrs	16
Master's degrees awarded in Liberal arts	r=0.78	10yrs	6
The number of chemical engineers in District of Columbia	r=0.81	14yrs	6
The number of printing press operators in Indiana	r=0.81	13yrs	-4
Associates degrees awarded in law enforcement	r=0.77	11yrs	-6
The number of first-line retail sales supervisors in Maine	r=0.81	13yrs	-14
Associates degrees awarded in Criminal justice and corrections	r=0.77	11yrs	-16
Master's degrees awarded in linguistics	r=0.77	10yrs	-26
The number of college computer science teachers in Montana	r=0.78	16yrs	-26
The number of file clerks in Montana	r=0.78	16yrs	-36
Master's degrees awarded in Library science	r=0.76	10yrs	-37
The number of butchers in New Hampshire	r=0.78	16yrs	-46
Associates degrees awarded in Health professions	r=0.76	11yrs	-48

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^{What is Sys. Score?} You caught me! While it would be intuitive to sort only by "correlation," I have a big, weird database. If I sort only by correlation, often all the top results are from some one or two very large datasets (like the weather or labor statistics), and it overwhelms the page.

I can't show you *all* the correlations, because my database would get too large and this page would take a very long time to load. Instead I opt to show you a subset, and I sort them by a magic system score. It starts with the correlation, but penalizes variables that repeat from the same dataset. (It also gives a bonus to variables I happen to find interesting.)


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