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Re:Daniel Kahneman “I placed too much faith in underpowered ... by carlmr on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @02:26PM (#15229998)
My advisor wanted me to build something on his theory on a particular system with a particular problem. I showed him it wasn't possible.

He even made a simple problem more complex just to fit his base theory. It's only about getting citations.

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Re:Daniel Kahneman “I placed too much faith in underpowered ... by noam87 on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @02:59PM (#15230533)
What field?
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