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Not to be pedantic, but considering how many people I have run into who take all research studies as if they are holy gospel; you may want to reconsider saying

• glofish 4y ago
  good point, what I really meant is by now everybody should know that p-values are questionable at best
  • genewitch 4y ago
    can we name one mainstream journalist, or any policy makers that know anything about reproducibility - or, more honestly, the appalling lack thereof - or "p-values are questionable at best"? There's been books, such as "how to lie with statistics" that should be mandatory reading, at least on entry to adulthood. I am one of maybe 3 people i know personally that knows how to actually parse a scientific paper, so when someone starts throwing a half dozen studies at me to back up their point, i can usually - on the scale of quarter hours - nitpick their understanding of the sources they used. This doesn't win anyone friends, and something i've said for nearly 3 decades: Religion and science like to point fingers, but religion seems more likely to bend and change than science. Every time i mention this or an analogue i'm shouted at that it's "actually the opposite". Shut up already, it's science. The science is in. This is science!
    • Manu40 4y ago
      One of my old science teachers said to our class in grade 9: "Science is the profession of finding out everything wrong about your assumption first, before finally figuring out what is right." He wouldn't be too popular with some people today, I can tell ya that much.