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It's not a problem when you're immersed in a particular field: It's mostly a problem for cross-silo communication and new blood. I'm sure the statisticians feel that the many uses of 'p' are perfectly unambiguous. :)

Lowering barriers to understanding is inherently a good thing, and might even help some useful knowledge leak out of deeply isolated corners of academia.




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