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6 Post author: lukeprog 02 June 2012 09:07PM

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Comment author: gwern 03 June 2012 06:34:29PM 6 points [-]

I guess I should re-read the studies that I referenced three years ago to figure out what version is correct.

Just to make the obvious point, your earlier post seems to draw on citations using mostly post-60s and later data, while that 1988 paper uses many citations from the 60s or earlier.