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A lot of people are critiquing the statistical methods and quality of the study, which is fine. But it's worth pointing out that you—the individual—should not be concerned with someone else's p-value. You should be concerned with maximizing your own utility. A safe, possibly effective, and cheap intervention is probably worth trying. If it was more expensive or less safe, it would require more evidence to try.


There can be hundreds of safe, possibly effective, and cheap interventions. Can’t try them all. Higher quality of evidence helps narrow it down.




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