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Can 200,000 Women Cause a Boobquake?

Posted by samzenpus on from the we're-gonna-need-to-try-the-experiment-again-ladies dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Purdue Senior Jennifer McCreight asked 30 of her friends to dress immodestly Monday to test a claim by an Iranian cleric that immodest women cause earthquakes. Now, over 200,000 women have joined the cause."

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  1. Rigor by zmaragdus · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think they should go for statistical rigorousness with this one. You need a large sample size to invoke the "Law of Large Numbers." I am all in favor of additional boobquake days to help formulate a theory.

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  2. This calls for a new Buddhist Koan by Locke2005 · · Score: 3, Funny

    If double D's flap in the breeze and nobody sees them, do they still cause an earthquake?

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