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Editorial
. 2020 Sep 3;21(1):231.
doi: 10.1186/s13059-020-02133-w.

A hypothesis is a liability

Itai Yanai  1 , Martin Lercher  2
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Editorial

A hypothesis is a liability

Itai Yanai et al. Genome Biol. .
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no competing interests.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
a An artificial dataset given to students with and without explicit hypotheses on the relationship between BMI and the steps taken on a particular day, for men and women. b A plot of the dataset. c The contingency table for students in the two groups (“hypothesis-focused,” “hypothesis-free”) that discovered the gorilla or not [6]
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Comment in

  • Data bias.
    Felin T, Koenderink J, Krueger JI, Noble D, Ellis GFR. Felin T, et al. Genome Biol. 2021 Feb 10;22(1):59. doi: 10.1186/s13059-021-02278-2. Genome Biol. 2021. PMID: 33568166 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
  • The data-hypothesis conversation.
    Yanai I, Lercher M. Yanai I, et al. Genome Biol. 2021 Feb 10;22(1):58. doi: 10.1186/s13059-021-02277-3. Genome Biol. 2021. PMID: 33568179 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
  • The data-hypothesis relationship.
    Felin T, Koenderink J, Krueger JI, Noble D, Ellis GFR. Felin T, et al. Genome Biol. 2021 Feb 10;22(1):57. doi: 10.1186/s13059-021-02276-4. Genome Biol. 2021. PMID: 33568195 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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    1. Jacob F. The statue within: an autobiography. New York: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press; 1988.
    1. Simons DJ, Chabris CF. Gorillas in our midst: sustained inattentional blindness for dynamic events. Perception. 1999;28:1059–1074. doi: 10.1068/p281059. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Chabris C, Simons D. The invisible gorilla: and other ways our intuition deceives us. New York: Random House; 2009.
    1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJG698U2Mvo. Accessed 16 Jul 2020.

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