Whether it's a feature or not is subjective. And I think I mostly agree with you - it's probably bad that we're encouraging the application of bad statistics.

Whether it's a feature or not is subjective. And I think I mostly agree with you - it's probably bad that we're encouraging the application of bad statistics. But the alternative isn't just replacing bad with good, it'd be more like telling ~98% of the science majors in the country, "hey, you're too dumb to do real statistics, so please just stop trying". I can't see that realistically happening.