Here's a toast to all the scientists whose intuition failed 
Here's a toast to proofs that can't be replicated 
Here's a toast to journal article rejections in the mail 
Here's a toast to all hypotheses negated 

Here's a toast to treatments promising that did less good than harm 
Here's a toast to silly acronyms like ALLHAT  (ALLHAT?) 
Here's a toast to patients randomized in to placebo arms 
Here's a toast to drugs that killed too many labrats 

We owe a debt of gratitude to seekers proven wrong 
To null results that reaffirm the boring status quo 
Though no one paints your portrait or recounts your deeds in song 
Your patient testing built the tower of everything we know 

So to intervals of confidence found overlapping zero 
In underfunded, underpowered trials: 
We offer a salute to you, o lonely unsung hero 
For our science stands or falls on its denials 

Here's a toast to all the scientists whose intuition failed 
Here's a toast to proofs that can't be replicated 
Here's a toast to journal article rejections in the mail 
Here's a toast to all hypotheses negated