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Why wouldn't it take a finite amount of time? With a large enough sample size, shouldn't any weak effect be distinguishable?
by Houshalter 10y ago
Why wouldn't it take a finite amount of time? With a large enough sample size, shouldn't any weak effect be distinguishable?
- analog31 10y agoYes, but the sample size might be limited, for instance for the whole body counter shown in the article. Anecdote: One of my friends in grad school was involved in an accident at a national lab, where some radioactive material was released into the air. He had to sit in a thing that counted gamma rays coming from him, to see if he had consumed any of the bad stuff, and it completely enclosed him in a large scintillation detector. So, he was the sample.