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			<title>EricC says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Having reached out for donations for honest causes, I'll provide something to consider in the pitch. You are essentially asking for a mass of people to make (at least) small contributions, of the size that it is personally inconsequential . Factoring that with broad participation you as a team reach high goals, with little financial distress on the part of the donors. It's nice. But some people (skeptical) may read your pitch and think about how it may be a scam. They forget that you aren't asking for a large minimum, but an amount congruent with their faith in your work. They (subconciously perhaps) focus on the amount of funds you are "deceiving" people into giving (even though they may have given so little as not to care if they were deceived). They forget about the upshot of the work if it isn't a scam. And so these skeptics are unwilling to give a few pounds of alms your way, out of spite. But they wouldn't see a problem throwing it to lottery schemes. It is a problem with the pysche.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2014 19:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
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