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by eganist 2311 days ago
Mate, I don't know; I'm just going with all the research and linguistic warnings I've read on the word.

https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=3500

https://brians.wsu.edu/2016/05/25/deceptively/

https://www.academia.edu/37488247/The_Deceptively_Simple_Pro...

Shoot, even oxford gives exactly opposite definitions of the word.

https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/eng...

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I mean, even when I saw the title of the thread, I had an obligation to click (clickbait I guess?) because I could have interpreted the title as either a warning about p-hacking or an attestation in favor of the practice. In fact, on first glance, I read the title as "P-hacked hypotheses appear less robust than they actually are."