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AlecBGreen

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2. sensational headline but here's the real story

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Tue Jan 24, 2012, 12:49 PM

Jan 2012

"Certain patterns can occur randomly in nature without meaning anything. While it is interesting in itself that the case of this one serial killer fits a power law distribution, it would be incorrect to draw conclusions from that..."

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Math Formula May Explain Why Serial Killers Kil [View all] Ichingcarpenter Jan 2012 OP

Thanks for posting the John Noble (as Dr. Walter Bishop) pic. LonePirate Jan 2012 #1

sensational headline but here's the real story AlecBGreen Jan 2012 #2

Cornell University Paper link Ichingcarpenter Jan 2012 #3

Garbage in, garbage out SwissTony Jan 2012 #4

Submit a Paper to Cornell Ichingcarpenter Jan 2012 #5

You think this PDF is a paper???? Get serious. SwissTony Jan 2012 #6

I think a lot of people don't understand what arxiv is caraher Jan 2012 #7

other papers & background mzteris Jan 2012 #8

well here's some interesting things: mzteris Jan 2012 #9