If you want to convince the world that a fish can sense your emotions, only one statistical measure will suffice: the p-value.

Contrary to what our brains are telling us, there's no mystical force that imbues a winner with a streak of luck, nor is there a cosmic sense of justice that ensures that a loser's luck will turn around. The universe doesn't care one whit whether you've been winning or losing; each roll of the dice is just like every other.

If you want to convince the world that a fish can sense your emotions, only one statistical measure will suffice: the p-value.

If you want to get people to believe something really, really stupid, just stick a number on it.