There have been several studies and rumors of studies that reveal if a group of people focus on peace there is a wider effect on the larger population. Apparently the proportion required is the square root of 1% of the population you wish to affect. But this is where things become confusing to me. If we wanted world peace, this would mean less than 8,000 people would have to focus on peace. I feel like with all the buddhist retreat centers and what not, there would be at least 8,000 people focusing on peace on a consistent basis, and yet world peace evades us. I was wondering if anyone who buys into this idea (perhaps mcwillis or juroara?) could provide a better explanation of this phenomenon and possibly explain why studies reveal consistent results on a city wide basis but all the people that dwell in peace regularly on a global level are not successful.