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Incredible vs. Credible

September 18, 2018From the book Math with Bad Drawings

A surprising result goes through replication. If it holds up, it goes from incredible to credible; if not, it was a false alarm.

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"This result is incredible! I can't believe it!" → [Replication] → True positive: "This result is credible!" · False positive: "Ah, false alarm."

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