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> we actually put the threshold for discovery at 5 sigma - p<0.0000003 - which sometimes gets us ridiculed by statisticians This says more about the sillyness
by semi-extrinsic 12y ago
> we actually put the threshold for discovery at 5 sigma - p<0.0000003 - which sometimes gets us ridiculed by statisticians
This says more about the sillyness of statisticians than that of particle physicists.