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Comment by lutusp

21 hours ago

> 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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