Articles from this period
The July 2008 incident: when an index needs an audit trail
A reported attack on the early GodIndex raises a lasting question: how can readers tell an authentic shift in responses from a disruption to the system?
Britain and Germany: what a country rating cannot prove
A July 2008 headline turned different country scores into a provocative question about god. The surviving figures are interesting; the leap from a score to a national judgement is not justified.
When GodIndex and the US Index moved in opposite directions
A short July 2008 note links opposing index movements to new participation from Asia. It is an early clue that audience composition and weighting mattered to GodIndex.
Football, fortune and a country rating: the July 2008 story
The original post used football to explain a gap between the UK and German views. It is a compact example of how an attractive story can outrun the available evidence.
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