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		chimeracoder on Jan 4, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Caffeinated Seas Found off U.S. Pacific Northwest > It denies the possibility that there is no effect. "No effect" could be interpreted as the null effect, which is covered by "unknown effect".

sliverstorm on Jan 5, 2013 [–]

Technically yes, but that isn't how they mean it to be read, and that isn't how readers will read it.

chimeracoder on Jan 5, 2013 | [–]

It's exactly how I read it, and it seems others too.

It makes no sense to assert "there absolutely was an effect; we just don't know what it is". Unless you're a trader dealing in long straddles.

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