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On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 02:30:14PM -0000, Vincent Campbell wrote:
> I see what you're saying here Aaron, and I know Paul doesn't have a
> simplistic perception of this kind of phenomena, but at its core lies a root
> assumption that I disagree with. At some level what's being argued is that
> there is some kind of informational 'trigger' effect
You might try looking up "social facilitation".
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