The no comments should be a red flag.  There will always be morons/trolls who instigate, but the majority of comments were insightful and asked relevant questions on all the angles you described (stats, methodology, etc.) to be rigorous.  

While I do think more data/info is needed for further study, it seemed that this is a narrative for funding from the government and this self back-patting reeks of faux legitimacy.

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