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1. acscott314 ◴[] No.43799897[source]
Glad this is getting some attention

For central limit theorem to hold, the random variables must be (independently and identically dustributed) i.i.d. How do we know our samples are i.i.d.? We can only show if they are not

Add to that https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_Most_Published_Research_...

We've got to do better or science will stagnate