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by alphazard 241 days ago
A lot of people are critiquing the statistical methods and quality of the study, which is fine. But it's worth pointing out that you—the individual—should not be concerned with someone else's p-value. You should be concerned with maximizing your own utility. A safe, possibly effective, and cheap intervention is probably worth trying. If it was more expensive or less safe, it would require more evidence to try.
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There can be hundreds of safe, possibly effective, and cheap interventions. Can’t try them all. Higher quality of evidence helps narrow it down.