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I was wondering if marketing people use this.

• limmeau 15y ago
  This particular example, or generally quoting misquoted science when it supports your position?
  • tmachinecharmer 15y ago
    Read "Staging a revolution" http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/23835/ http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/23835/ I was thinking if you create a few strong monkeys this could work. If this monkey effect is true then it has got applications.
    • limmeau 15y ago
      The monkey effect is unlikely to be true because a) it is paranormal, which lowers its prior probability a bit, and b) it has not even been observed, just interpreted into other peoples' papers. Also, the habit of washing potatos is more something you discover/learn than something you do or don't depending on your peers' opinions (which seems to be a modeling assumption of the physicists).