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		Amnon on Dec 25, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Queueing Theory — Why the other lines always seem ... It will also be the slowest only 1/3 of the time, so in fact this isn't an explanation why "the other lines" seem to be faster.

bryanh on Dec 25, 2010 [–]

I think the effect is the result of fixating on the fact that there was a faster line, not that there are slower lines.

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