Re:Most published research results are false
by amalcon on Friday February 11, 2011 @05:38PM
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The problem isn't with the use of p-values, per se: the problem is that the human brain tends to distort probabilities on either end of the spectrum. People see that there's only a 5% chance that something could have happened by chance, and they put that in the "Not possible" bucket.
It's a fundamental weakness of the human brain. There's not a whole lot we can do about it.
It's a fundamental weakness of the human brain. There's not a whole lot we can do about it.