At 01:58 AM 10/8/03 -0400, you wrote:
> > Ah yes anecdotal information used to fight supposed anecdotal information. > Not much of an argument for the statistician in me. The economist in me > wants to say "lets assume someone's correct", but you haven't disposed of > the opposing argument by a long shot.
Maybe not. But I've at least shown *some* evidence to support my position. And in any case I think the burden of proof lies with the original claimant; he was the one to put forward a supposed 'explanation'; I sugested that it was at least arguable, if not just plain incorrect.
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