Counterpoint: Pretty sure p-hacking is older than 50 years.
Yeah, the term only came up recently. But ultimately p-hacking is "just" exploiting freedom in the possible interpretation of statistical results. Also it wasn't really "invented", it's just what humans do if they have data in front of them and some expectation what the data should tell them. I'm pretty sure the first p-hacker was the first person to do any form of early statistics.
I guess the greatest invention would be a method to prevent p-hacking. (And yeah, I know about preregistration. It doesn't work the way it's done right now, because a) most people don't do it, b) preregistration is rarely precise enough to really prevent p-hacking and c) nobody cares if you switch your outcomes.)
Yeah, the term only came up recently. But ultimately p-hacking is "just" exploiting freedom in the possible interpretation of statistical results. Also it wasn't really "invented", it's just what humans do if they have data in front of them and some expectation what the data should tell them. I'm pretty sure the first p-hacker was the first person to do any form of early statistics.
I guess the greatest invention would be a method to prevent p-hacking. (And yeah, I know about preregistration. It doesn't work the way it's done right now, because a) most people don't do it, b) preregistration is rarely precise enough to really prevent p-hacking and c) nobody cares if you switch your outcomes.)