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To: TobagoJack who wrote (44891)	1/7/2009 4:58:52 AM
From: elmatador	4 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217561

4 million kiwis in 6 billion population is considered noise in the data.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (44891)	1/7/2009 5:08:49 AM
From: Maurice Winn	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217561

In China's case, one is enough, because as they say, they all think alike and are mindless clones of what the leader says <how many, as % of population, or in absolute numbers, constitute highly reliable stat?> If an individual does foolishly have some different idea, they are sent for re-education. Hold up a sign in Tienanmen Square saying "Down with communism" and the thugs I saw lurking would take seconds rather than hours to forcibly subdue and cart away the individual for "re-education". So they keep the average the average by disallowing any deviation. In Brazil's case, a sample of one is enough because while they are rabid, all over the map, and highly variable, ElM is representative of the average. So the result is near enough. Mqurice PS: I am getting bogged down in this Brazilian jungle swamp again, so must bail out. ElM tempted me in but that's enough now.