There are fields of science that have banned certain statistical measures: Psychology journal bans P values https://www.nature.com/news/psychology-journal-ban

There are fields of science that have banned certain statistical measures: Psychology journal bans P values https://www.nature.com/news/psychology-journal-bans-p-values-1.17001 https://www.nature.com/news/psychology-journal-bans-p-values... I happen to agree with the sentiment expressed above that the entire concept of hypothesis testing is fundamentally flawed. This is what you call the "best tool". It is not, it is the tool that is used because it allows for the most fudging of results.