> We demonstrate that this optimism is due to the field neglecting the results of meta-analyses and largely ignoring the statistical explanation that apparent

> We demonstrate that this optimism is due to the field neglecting the results of meta-analyses and largely ignoring the statistical explanation that apparent effects are due to a combination of sampling errors and other artifacts. Oh where have I heard this before? Medicine, psychology, economics, and every other high-level empirical discipline that's trying to tease out small effects which ends up chasing its tail as statistical noise and publication bias trick the community into thinking something is going on, which then wastes decades of research effort and public money. Systemic reform into the culture of how empirical social sciences is carried out is really needed.