“Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action” ― Ian Fleming, Goldfinger P-hacking is so endemic and so essential to modern academia

“Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action” ― Ian Fleming, Goldfinger P-hacking is so endemic and so essential to modern academia, especially in the 'softer' sciences, that the whole thing is beyond saving. It's so bad that anyone who understands statistics well enough to know that most of their peers works are bogus are much more likely to be shunned than embraced because of this knowledge which is an incredible disincentive to acquiring it. Edit: as I can’t reply to the now dead account, the first quote explains why academia cannot keep claiming innocence on such matters. The rest of my comment was my explanation as to why nothing is being done about it. Sure, we can ask them to do better but they should already know that.