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The problem is with 0.05 criterion. In particle physics, the hypothesis tests are done two ways with the alternate hypothesis flipped to be the null hypothesis and it has a lower threshold of passing as in - we believe when theres very strong evidence else we dont. Atleast thats my read from the Higgs boson paper - https://higgsml.lal.in2p3.fr/files/2014/04/documentation_v1....


> The problem is with 0.05 criterion.

That's certainly one problem -- many have argued that it's too easy to meet this evidentiary standard, which explains why so many weak, non-replicable psychology papers get published.

You comment comparing psychology to physics is apt -- the evidentiary standard in hard science fields is much higher.




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