[tmachinecharmer]

I was wondering if marketing people use this.

[limmeau]

This particular example, or generally quoting misquoted science when it supports your position?

[tmachinecharmer]

Read "Staging a revolution" http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/23835/

I was thinking if you create a few strong monkeys this could work. If this monkey effect is true then it has got applications.

[limmeau]

The monkey effect is unlikely to be true because a) it is paranormal, which lowers its prior probability a bit, and b) it has not even been observed, just interpreted into other peoples' papers.

Also, the habit of washing potatos is more something you discover/learn than something you do or don't depending on your peers' opinions (which seems to be a modeling assumption of the physicists).