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The secret fourth kind is ‘we applied a standard theory to their map of every tree and got some suspicious results.’

https://explainxkcd.com/2977/

  • The_v@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    The one I see the most is:

    “We avoided any semblance of rational experimental design and got significant results.”

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      We were awarded grant money from a corporation and got results that are favourable to them but require further grants to really boost that evidence up a notch, wink wink

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      If all else fails, use “significant at a p>0.05 level” and hope no one notices.

      source: xkcd