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Those lazy scientists are playing minecraft instead of curing cancer! Lynch 'em! '''[[User:Davidy22|<span title="I want you."><u><font color="purple" size="2px">David</font><font color="green" size="3px">y</font></u><sup><font color="indigo" size="1px">22</font></sup></span>]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 00:35, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
 
Those lazy scientists are playing minecraft instead of curing cancer! Lynch 'em! '''[[User:Davidy22|<span title="I want you."><u><font color="purple" size="2px">David</font><font color="green" size="3px">y</font></u><sup><font color="indigo" size="1px">22</font></sup></span>]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 00:35, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
 
:But I heard that Minecraft cures cancer...  Scientists!  Investigate!  <off: cheers from active group, boos from the control group> [[Special:Contributions/178.99.81.144|178.99.81.144]] 19:31, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
 
:But I heard that Minecraft cures cancer...  Scientists!  Investigate!  <off: cheers from active group, boos from the control group> [[Special:Contributions/178.99.81.144|178.99.81.144]] 19:31, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
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::You know this experiment isn't conducted properly when you know you're in the control group. [[User:Troy|Troy]] ([[User talk:Troy|talk]]) 05:24, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
  
 
Um, I take it that whoever explained this comic can't tell the difference between < and >, as the fact that the confidence was changed wasn't mentioned in the article... [[Special:Contributions/76.246.37.141|76.246.37.141]] 23:19, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
 
Um, I take it that whoever explained this comic can't tell the difference between < and >, as the fact that the confidence was changed wasn't mentioned in the article... [[Special:Contributions/76.246.37.141|76.246.37.141]] 23:19, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
 
:Yes, I also figured out this today, green is lower than 0.05, on other colors there is just a confidence that it's NOT lower than 0.05. The newspaper did add this remaining 19 panels to 95%. The article is marked as incomplete, it needs a major rewrite.--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 19:12, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
 
:Yes, I also figured out this today, green is lower than 0.05, on other colors there is just a confidence that it's NOT lower than 0.05. The newspaper did add this remaining 19 panels to 95%. The article is marked as incomplete, it needs a major rewrite.--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 19:12, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

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Those lazy scientists are playing minecraft instead of curing cancer! Lynch 'em! Davidy22[talk] 00:35, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

But I heard that Minecraft cures cancer... Scientists! Investigate! <off: cheers from active group, boos from the control group> 178.99.81.144 19:31, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
You know this experiment isn't conducted properly when you know you're in the control group. Troy (talk) 05:24, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Um, I take it that whoever explained this comic can't tell the difference between < and >, as the fact that the confidence was changed wasn't mentioned in the article... 76.246.37.141 23:19, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

Yes, I also figured out this today, green is lower than 0.05, on other colors there is just a confidence that it's NOT lower than 0.05. The newspaper did add this remaining 19 panels to 95%. The article is marked as incomplete, it needs a major rewrite.--Dgbrt (talk) 19:12, 3 October 2013 (UTC)