From the other side of the consultation, briefly. Worth answering the question that was asked rather than the one behind it. The narrow version usually has an answer; the broad version usually does not, and answering the broad one is how a thread stops being useful.
Dr.PathRoch said:One practical note: write down what you did and when, before you need it.
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.
I would rather be corrected than agreed with, if it comes to it.
Dr.PathRoch said:One practical note: write down what you did and when, before you need it.
Thank you for spelling out the reasoning rather than just the conclusion.
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Shop Reference StandardsAdding the clinical framing, because it changes how the question reads. It is worth asking what the claim would look like if it were false. If nothing would look different, it is not a claim about the world and no amount of discussion will settle it.