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But the second guy could have died from the stress!
What n do we need to get p<0.05?
30 tasters?
After that, there will be nothing left for the king to eat but we know what happened in a parallel universe where he just ate it
And make sure the others aren’t stressed too or alternative have a control group of stressed people who don’t eat it
A second guy isn’t enough. It would just be a coincidence. A third guy would make it a pattern, and therefore a hypothesis that the meal was poisoned could be formed.
Can I be in the control group?
How many food testers died from anaphylaxis and not poison? This could be a relevant method.
This is why scientists invented the lab rat.
Double blind, Jack
