Dr.SurgeonPGH said:The honest answer is that the effect is real, the magnitude is contested, and the individual variation is larger than either.
Mine went the same way, slower. Nothing to add that would improve it.
Dr.AddMedPHL said:If you are comparing against somebody else’s result, check that you are comparing the same measurement taken the same way.
I do not accept the framing. The question has been narrowed to the version that has a tidy answer, and the part that was dropped is the part the OP actually asked about.
Dr.AddMedPHL said:If you are comparing against somebody else’s result, check that you are comparing the same measurement taken the same way.
Agreed, with the usual condition: that holds for the average and this board is a collection of individuals. A population claim and a personal prediction are different things and get quoted interchangeably.
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Shop Reference StandardsDr.AddMedPHL said:If you are comparing against somebody else’s result, check that you are comparing the same measurement taken the same way.
Bookmarking. The distinction being drawn above is the one nobody else makes. Sending this to two other people who asked me the same thing last week.
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