A long article in the NYT about a dubious study on dubious scientific papers has by now close to 600 comments, More edifying and enjoyable than the article itself.
Mark Twain identified the weakness of statistics. All the soft sciences rely on statistics. The mistake made is in calling them "science" because they cannot stand the scrutiny of science. One work around is to call these "results" as correlations. Or better still, call them coincidences and leave it to Malcolm Gladwell to write an entertaining book.
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