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by ncmncm 2317 days ago
p<0.05 is also cargo-cult science, and is much more responsible for the replication crisis -- along with biased sampling (pop. 18-22 yo US psych students).

It is also why we see repeated, spurious insistence that anti-depressants don't do anything.

Experiment design is a subtle skill.