I hate that they equate a null hypothesis to failure. The experiment was as far from a failure as I can imagine - it just got results very different from those they expected.
this post was submitted on 17 Aug 2024
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For stuff that's neat. Neat article? Neat video? Neat pic of a bug you saw? All good. Neat meme? Ehhh... take it to the meme subs.
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Also... can you imagine how boring it would be if we never got a null hypothesis like this? These unexpected results are exactly what makes doing science exciting!