(April 17, 2023 at 12:29 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(April 17, 2023 at 11:58 am)FlatAssembler Wrote: Well, I think p-values are the core of modern science. You are right that, for most of the time science has existed, statistics was not advanced enough to allow the calculation of p-values in most cases. That slowed down the progress of science a lot (If Semmelweis was able to calculate the p-values, Levy would not be able to suggest that his observations are a coincidence). But, like I've said, I think it's the core of modern science.
I am not sure how you think peer review did not exist before modern times. You don't think scientists have always been asking other experts "Hey, is this anything?" before publishing something?
I didn’t say that peer review didn’t exist before modern times. I said science got along for thousands of year without it.
Boru
What do you mean science was without it?