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  • Friday, January 16, 2009 04:41 PM

    Here's some actual evidence for anyone who's interested

    http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/1152538

    That's a scientific abstract. To read the real article, you need to pay, or visit the library. You also may need to bone up on some probability and statistics.

    Here's the Times UK article about the paper:

    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article516033.ece

    I assume that SailFree has already read this paper, and can offer some keen insights into why all the math is wrong.

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