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Lumifer comments on Open Thread, Jun. 15 - Jun. 21, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lumifer 17 June 2015 07:17:49PM 1 point [-]

There is no evidence either way.

Of course there is. Sending inconvenient (and sometimes smart) people into exile to the far corner of nowhere has been a pretty standard way of doing things at least since the Romans. I am not aware of any study which tried to systematize evidence, but there is data.

As to your video, I would call it "performance art with athletic elements" :-P