On 09 Nov 2004 17:22:48 GMT, otforme (Charlie Self)
wrote:

Morris Dovey notes:

Doug Miller wrote:

Did you see the part about it possibly being a hoax?

Yuppers. It pretty much goes without saying that any statement or
claim relating to politics shouldn't be taken too seriously
without verification (which I, of course, can't provide.)

Nevertheless, I did find it interesting - and think it would be
/very/ much more interesting if it could be verified.

Even if totally true, however, I'd still not be overwhelmingly
convinced that it's meaningful (strong correlations frequently
aren't.)

Sort of like, 100% of heroin addicts drink water; water causes heroin
addiction?


Yep, from the "small dogs cause cancer" school of statistics. Apparently
sometime a number of years ago, someone did a study and found a high degree
of correlation between people owning small dogs and cancer. No real
cause/effect.

Charlie Self
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character,
give him power." Abraham Lincoln