I'm not sure. I think much of the confusion comes from people instinctively applying their every day understanding of the word "significance" and falsely believ

I'm not sure. I think much of the confusion comes from people instinctively applying their every day understanding of the word "significance" and falsely believing they understand what it means in the statistical context. Had it been called statistical confliburance or some other made up term then they wouldn't think they knew what it meant and might find out what it actually meant.