mattnewport comments on Open Thread: June 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: mattnewport 01 June 2010 11:01:05PM *  2 points [-]

The first question that came to mind when I heard about this story was 'what's the base rate?'. I didn't investigate further but a quick mental estimate made me doubt that this represented a statistically significant increase above the base rate. It's disappointing yet unsurprising that few if any media reports even consider this point.