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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 15 Aug 2012

    Scaled by population (9-medal min), the top-5 winning countries in the 2012 #Olympics were 1) JAM 2) NZL 3) HUN 4) DEN 5) AUS

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      1. Mario Livio‏ @Mario_Livio 15 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson Plus you have to multiply by something like 2/3 power of GDP ratio! See:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mario-livio/how-to-rank-medal-counts-_b_1697994.html …

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      1. dasflooristlava‏ @dasflooristlava 20 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson I think that it'd be better to scale the winning countries by olympians sent, or by a olympian/population ratio, shouldn't it?

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      1. Kari Loya‏ @Kari_Loya 17 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson Or scaled by prestige? 100m track gold=archery gold? Subjective but interesting...#Olympic reflections at http://bit.ly/MR6kTg  .

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      1. Jill Farkas‏ @paramedicjill 16 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson Yay Jamaica !

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      1. Beck‏ @LuminoBeck 15 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson can you do medals per athlete?

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      1. Craig Chu‏ @craigchu 15 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson considered scaling logarithmically instead of linearly? I feel medal earnings would be less than linear...

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      1. meioziz‏ @meioziz 15 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson It's as if the "9-medal min" is artificially set up to include AUS, when Slovenia (4) and Mongolia (5) are unfairly excluded.

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      1. Chris Taylor‏ @CTaylor0179 15 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson I feel that may be misleading by assuming talent is equally distributed. Perhaps medal/competitor would be more appropriate?

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      1. jim puglia‏ @jimmytheheel 15 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson // Scaled by Mitt Romney dollars in tax shelters: Switzerland barely edges out the Cayman Islands as #1 country in medal count.

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      1. Hurri Cane‏ @rockyoulikea 15 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson what if you count where the athletes live and train instead of their nationality?

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      1. NSAID Fred‏ @FrakTruck 15 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson don't IOC limits regarding max number of athletes per country per event make that per capita scaling meaningless?

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      1. Max Olson‏ @maxolson 15 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson population matters, but so do other measurables like GDP/cap. I took a look at both here:http://goo.gl/urrIO 

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      1. (((Noah Cantor)))‏ @nrcantor 15 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson How about scaling by Per Capita GDP? Wealthy nations outperform their population metrics.

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      1. Kingsley‏ @kam123twit 15 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson European Union -293 medals, US 104...

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      1. Melissa Etling‏ @MeVirtually 15 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson But some (not necessarily those) athletes from other countries train in the US. The US "produces" more medals than the 104.

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        @neiltyson Congrats on your 100★ tweet! http://favstar.fm/t/235713075813167104 …

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