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Comment author: IlyaShpitser 04 August 2014 04:11:04PM 3 points [-]

Old epi jungle saying: "the causal null is generally true."

Comment author: gwern 04 August 2014 06:38:56PM 7 points [-]

'Shh, kemo sabe - you hear that?' 'No; the jungle is silent tonight.' 'Yes. The silence of the p-values. A wild publication bias stalks us. We must be cautious'.