Editing P-3

{{comic
	| number    = 6749
	| date      = April 23, 2023
	| title     = p-3
	| image     = 1682258147-acom_bonus2.png
	| votey     = 1682258240acom_bonus2after.png
	| titletext = Elsewhere, a species with 20 fingers per hand will believe pretty much anything is true.
}}
==Explanation==
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In scientific research, a {{w|p-value}} is a threshold used to gauge how likely it is that the results found could have been due to random chance, and not due to the hypothesis being true. Using p=0.05 means there should be a 5% chance of the result being up to random chance. As the choice to use a number rounded to the nearest 5 was influenced by the commonly used decimal numeral system, which was influenced by humans having 5 fingers, it's implied that a 3-fingered alien would instead use p=0.03. (though that number is still in base 10, so it's unlikely they'd use that either) The title text implies the existence of a species using p=0.2, meaning a result had a 20% chance of occurring at random, which would lead to a lot of false positives, as in the scenario described in the title text.
==Transcript==
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:Earth scientists! We wish to share our wisdom with you! Do you have any questions about the nature of reality.?
:How do you determine
:P must be less than .03.
:Truth?
:You mean 05.
:.03
:Well shit.
:Billions
:OF SCIENTIFIC RETRACTED PAPERS live Scientists fear of single-ingered now alien race
:Caption: This is a bonus comic brought to you by early buyers of my new book, a city on mars which you should buy because mary roach said it was good click the comic for more info.
==Votey Transcript==
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:[Describe panel here]
:See this is why dolphins never developed science.
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