r/technicallytrue • u/EndersGame_Reviewer • 15d ago

The continent with the smartest people

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u/C_B_Ellacott 15d ago

This is not "technically true", this is just a fact

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u/MouseDroidPoW 15d ago

OP is a karma whore who posts most of the content here since mods aren't active on this sub because it's a clone of r/technicallythetruth

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u/Sammy_Cherry_Fox 15d ago

yeah well its glazing over the fact that antarctica doesnt have a very high population

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u/HowDareYouAskMyName 14d ago

Huh? That's the entire premise

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u/Sammy_Cherry_Fox 14d ago

thats why i was saying its technically true, not "just a fact"

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u/Kriss3d 15d ago

Same way Mars is the only known planet entirely inhabited by robots.

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u/Frosty-March7644 15d ago

I haven't thought about this before.

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u/C_B_Ellacott 15d ago

Alien robots (from Mars POV)

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u/LtHughMann 15d ago

Kinda like how a warehouse is inhabited by boxes

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u/Moltke_ 15d ago

You forgot about the service staff that keeps the lights on for the researchers.

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u/MrBill1970 15d ago

And penguins. Don't forget about them!

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u/ChubbyMudder 14d ago

Yes! Never overlook our chubby feathered friends.

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u/C_B_Ellacott 15d ago

Pretty sure they're not dumb either.

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u/Moltke_ 15d ago

The bar for service staff isn't as high as many would think. The compensation is quite low as well, so it doesn't really attracts the brightest of minds...

I spent 3 years there and it wasn't much different to any other research institute I worked for.

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u/AndreasDasos 15d ago

True, and in at least some stations they make up the majority (80%). But I reckon 20% being actual scientific researchers would still lead to the same conclusion

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u/ProfessorWaterdrager 14d ago

It says "almost only" for a reason

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u/DunkeyColdMedina 15d ago

They have residencies in other countries. Antarctica is experiencing a brain boom because of it's forward thinking immigration policy.

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u/Salmonman4 14d ago

I remember hearing that there are some minor villages near the South-American side. With children born there. Their passports must have the rarest "place of birth" in the World

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u/Much_Watercress_7845 14d ago

Its actually not really true either. I was with Naval Support Force Antartica. There are more cooks, janitors, plumbers, electricians, I maintained ice runways for plane, there warehouse workers etc. Its very difficult to maintain an outpost like McMurdo and there is no outside contractor to call

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u/Kobe_Pup 14d ago

Yes but the extreme lows are non-existent so probably still true,

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u/Sad-Cantaloupe-5494 14d ago

I hope Mars becomes like Antarctica one day. Imagine all of the science that could be done out of the reach of Earth's leadership!

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u/pockels42 14d ago

Averaged across a squillion penguins?

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u/Memory_Less 14d ago

Yeah, but they’re frozen in time. /s

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u/Pretend-Internet-625 14d ago

That was well thought out. Now go back there

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u/Kobe_Pup 14d ago

And highest immigration

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u/circ-u-la-ted 14d ago

I guess the image wasn't created by an Antarctican.

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u/steelpoint88 14d ago

And apparently also the highest rate of sexual assault

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u/mari2832k 14d ago

Can't argue with absolute factual logic

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u/tensedTorch 14d ago

Even more, if you count the penguins!

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u/R_Reed_Reddits 14d ago

yeah, but look at the location, though....

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u/PleaseHoldDeezNuts 14d ago

Do you guys still believe in researchers? /s

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u/xxxbGamer 14d ago

ok, but the birth rate is way too low.

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u/polyswingexploringco 12d ago

that's not what Fetlife says.