Is Most Published Research Wrong?

What this video covers

Veritasium explains why a large share of published research findings may be false, covering p-values, p-hacking, publication bias and low replication rates. It draws on John Ioannidis's well-known paper and describes reforms such as preregistration.

Why it surfaced in Hacker News

HN commenters link it whenever a shaky study or the p<0.05 threshold comes up, as a short primer on false positives in science.

Recommendation context

Short excerpts from positive mentions. Open the source to read the full Hacker News discussion.

“reminds me of this great video by Veritasium”

“For a background on why p-values are misleading, see”

“Please watch this video.”