If they are at least as knowledgeable as you, who correctly describes how messy you can expect the data to be, then you should be more concerned with effect siz

If they are at least as knowledgeable as you, who correctly describes how messy you can expect the data to be, then you should be more concerned with effect size, because small effects are almost certainly just "noise". Instead, sensationalism about miniscule effects that vanish on replication attempts abound. So not a cheap shot at all IMO.