No Statistics in the Kingdom of Heaven

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  1. NAHTMMM

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    https://www.experimental-history.com/p/there-are-no-statistics-in-the-kingdom

    A delightful, insightful, thoughtful read in which the author argues that the field of psychology has allowed statistics to turn from a useful servant into a bad master, and is doing much less useful or reproducible science as a result.

    Incidentally, if you asked me when chromosomes were discovered, I'd have guessed no earlier than the 1920s or '30s.
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