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Lots wrong with this comment. Here's one place to start: http://www.science20.com/a_quantum_diaries_survivor/true_and_false_discoveries_how_to_tell_them_apart
by jessriedel 11y ago
Lots wrong with this comment. Here's one place to start:
http://www.science20.com/a_quantum_diaries_survivor/true_and_false_discoveries_how_to_tell_them_apart-141024 http://www.science20.com/a_quantum_diaries_survivor/true_and...
- rubidium 11y agoI agree, and you provided a link to a nice summary of why. I do wonder, though, if there's ever been evidence from two independent detectors that ended up being false. That's a significant difference in the present situation.
- madaxe_again 11y agoThanks, that's really interesting - I was just going with the raw definition of sigma. Consider me corrected!