--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Inherit in all ME studies is the idea that the larger the sample, > the more likely the effect will show. Fairfield (not to mention MUM > itself) is small enough that the ME effect might easily be confounded > by variables that don't effect a larger area. For instance, if even > one MUM student is a pyschopathic nut, the murder-rate on campus > might shoot up drastically... > > Likewise with some meditator with a legitimate medical marijuana > need: that single person would change the marijuana use rate in the > double digits on campus, and the arrest rate in the Fairfield > community by nearly as much. > > You should know this already, Peter.
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