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Price's Law in Politics - Australia's Clown Car

Price's Law in Politics - Australia's Clown Car

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May 10, 2022
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There is a statistical law, named after British physicist Derek Price that states:

50% of any given result is generated by the square root of the number of those who contribute to it.

The Commonwealth Parliament has 151 members of the House of Representatives and 76 Senators; at total of 227 persons. The square root of that is a smidge over 15.

So, if Pr…

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