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by eli_gottlieb 4607 days ago
>On a meta level, I've always wondered why we take a paper about most findings being false as clearly correct.

Because in science, not believing things is the default state. If you say, "most published findings are false", you're really saying, "most of the time we have to accept the null hypothesis", which is what we all not-so-secretly believe regarding everything, all the time, in any case.