I'm in Texas, and could show you several elevators that have definite working close buttons, lights with working walk buttons- and others that have no effect since at least the early 1980s. But when I was a kid, they stressed the importance of using a control group (in this case what happens if I don't do anything?), multiple trials, elimination of variables... which helps to eliminate false cause and effect perceptions. Go figure.
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