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Comment author: EricHerboso 06 October 2012 12:08:39AM 3 points [-]

When I first thought about this, I was fairly confident of my belief; after reading your first comment, I rethought my position but still felt reasonably confident; yet after reading this comment, you've completely changed my position on the issue. I had completely neglected to take into account the largeness of the effect.

You're absolutely correct, and I retract my previous statements to the contrary. Thank you for pointing out my error. (c: