>>12651528I mean yeah, but what'd you expect? Bear in mind a lot of these people – e.g., first comment –are just uneducated and looking to convince themselves that they can be successful if they watch enough racist youtube videos.
>>12650684p-values are popular because they're an incredibly easy (though often improperly applied) way to test for a real effect. Peer-review is just the best we have. It's like grades –imperfect, but how the fuck else are you going to sift out insane bullshit and random cranks?
What exactly do you mean by inquisitive? You mean like exploratory work suggesting new avenues without explicitly testing a hypothesis? Because that happens all of the time.
