The potential, real-world consequences of this missed opportunity - ignoring the most basic facts that science is telling us - could hardly be worse.

Failure to compensate for multiple comparisons can have important real-world consequences, as illustrated by the following examples.

Both have real-world consequences for the lives of women and the rule of law.

"But these breaks in the market, when they occur, have real-world consequences."

The first is that no matter how hard people try to create computer models designed to minimize risk, they cannot predict every real-world consequence.

For Republican leaders to call this approach "family friendly" ignores the real-world consequences.

"I strive never to forget the real-world consequences of my decisions on individuals, businesses and government," she said.

And that's the problem: when policy decisions are made on purely political grounds, nobody thinks through their real-world consequences.

Most of the mechanics are chosen to reflect what the real-world consequences would be of each player action and decision.

Students realize that there are real-world consequences to what they're doing.