/sci/ - Science & Math

>>8738085
Ok. I am an actual geologist. Do you actually want a debate?

I'm pretty certain you have no idea what p-hacking actually is. What p-hacking does is you put too many variables into an experiment, plot out as many as you can, and try and find two variables that have statistical relationships.

That is very bad science but the problem is that it only works once. When repeated experiments are done statistical relationships begin to break down unless they're actually meaningful.

Nobody would suggest that lemons imported into the United States prevent car accidents but this is a good visual example of p-hacking. It gets exposed for the fraud it is pretty quickly. The problem with p-hacking in recent years is the inability of many scientists to perform repeated experiments to check the validity of results published in every journal. It happens mostly in medical research.

Climate change is well outside the range of p-hacking. It has been repeatedly proven. As for 'green house gases' becoming inert and that's just stupid. The residence time of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is between decades and centuries. You would know this if you ever talked with a real geologist. However I doubt you even know what residence time means enough for you to ask.