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Re:The t-test was invented at the Guinness brewery by plorkyeran on Monday May 27, 2024 @01:36AM (#40487872)
Are you confused about why purchasing a large amount of nearly empty land with minimal disruption to the small number of people living there produced less conflict than a large number of people moving into an already-occupied area? The Alaska Purchase and the Israel/Palestine situation are two of the least similar things you could possibly pick to compare.
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Re:The t-test was invented at the Guinness brewery by 0xDEAFBEAD on Monday May 27, 2024 @02:05AM (#40488043)
Population density is certainly a valid hypothesis, but wouldn't it be nice to have a dataset to test it against?
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Re:The t-test was invented at the Guinness brewery by d1sxeyes on Monday May 27, 2024 @02:48AM (#40488306)
Of course.

But your example is a bit like 'why is it so difficult to build a hundred-storey building? My uncle John built a shed in his back yard once, perhaps we should ask him to share how he did it.'

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Re:The t-test was invented at the Guinness brewery by hoseja on Monday May 27, 2024 @06:27AM (#40489439)
Judea was mostly empty too.
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