Adding the clinical framing, because it changes how the question reads. The distinction that resolves most of these threads is between what is true on average and what is true for one person. Both are real; they answer different questions and get quoted as if they were the same one.
I would rather be corrected than agreed with, if it comes to it.
KevinCompounds said:The distinction that resolves most of these threads is between what is true on average and what is true for one person.
Worth saying that the confident version of this is more useful to the person writing it than to the person reading it.
KevinCompounds said:The distinction that resolves most of these threads is between what is true on average and what is true for one person.
Agreed, and the size of the effect matters as much as its existence. Something real and small gets treated here as though it were real and decisive.
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Shop Reference StandardsKevinCompounds said:The distinction that resolves most of these threads is between what is true on average and what is true for one person.
This is exactly what I could not find anywhere else.
Moderator note: the sourcing question belongs in the vendor section and has been split out. Thread quality here is what the rules are for. Keep it up.