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Re:Statistics have lost their power (2017) by chhickman on Monday October 28, 2019 @03:00PM (#21380313)
> Extrapolating unwarranted conclusions is bad.

But that's practically all they're used for!

Re:Statistics have lost their power (2017) by lotsofpulp on Monday October 28, 2019 @03:19PM (#21380511)
Not in physics or chemistry. It's a bigger problem in biology because we want to be able to make claims but don't have the means to properly design and carry out experiments that aren't subject to many errors.