It made the front page because of the title. Bashing p-values is a formula for upvotes, regardless of the content. A lot of people associate p-values with p-h

It made the front page because of the title. Bashing p-values is a formula for upvotes, regardless of the content. A lot of people associate p-values with p-hacking and replication crisis, which they read about on HN a few times while sitting on the can. Therefore, in their expert opinions, p-values are bad.