By Steve Ranger
Published: Wednesday 19 July 2006
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Michael Y
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US
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librarian
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The problem with the experiment is obvious: People within a given society will naturally be drawn towards certain objects, because some objects are inately more desirable or attractive than others.
The only way to make this work is to use random nubers, rather than common objects.
I predict false positive results at least 80% of the time -- it's a dumb experient.
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