| Rain Man |
03-18-2012 08:36 PM |
Okay, I'll share my theory now. The main crux was proven, I think, and the tertiary crux was possibly proven, but maybe not.
I read alnorth's thread about the soccer protest in Turkey, and I was thinking, "do people pay much attention to Turkey"? It seems like a country that is more or less off the radar of most Americans.
Turkey is the 17th most populous country in the world. I was wondering if you had Americans start listing countries, where would Turkey show up? Unless I missed an earlier reference, it looks like ks smitty mentioned it in Post 92.
So that's pretty low visibility. However, it's not necessarily proven that Turkey is ultra-low, because I think it was mentioned before the Philippines and Nigeria unless I missed them, and those countries have larger populations.
But the main crux of my theory is proven. I was pondering what country might have lower visibility relative to its size than Turkey, and the country that popped into my mind was Indonesia. No one ever talks about Indonesia, and it is the 4th most populous nation on the planet, ranked behind China, India, and the U.S. As I'm typing this, no one has yet mentioned Indonesia.
I expect that small countries like Moldova and the Central African Republic will be low visibility, but Indonesia is huge. And no one, including myself, ever pays attention to it. Interesting.
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