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Scientists Have Studied the Mysterious Behavior of Cats Sitting on Squares (www.vice.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Huh. I went and actually read the study, and the actual sample size is very small. 9 cats.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, the article mentioned they had a sample size of 500 but not everyone that volunteered completed the experiment, as it was during Covid so they had to send the materials out and rely on “citizen scientists.” A pretty precarious way of conducting a scientific study.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

That does explain all those rockets exploding on the launch pads.