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Not only was research done, it was the origin of statistical significance testing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_tasting_tea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
by mrob 3y ago
Not only was research done, it was the origin of statistical significance testing:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_tasting_tea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_tasting_tea
- n4r9 3y agoIncredible! Thank you for the link. The page for the "Lady" in question adds that she preferred the milk first: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muriel_Bristol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muriel_Bristol This makes sense, given some slightly more recent research into the "denatured proteins" hypothesis - https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/jun/25/science.highereducation https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/jun/25/science.higheredu... Orwell was not right in everything, it seems.