MASHdoc_SA said:The distinction that resolves most of these threads is between what is true on average and what is true for one person.
Fair, and it stops being fair at the extremes. The middle of the range is well understood; the ends are where the honest answer is that nobody knows.
DoseLogDan said:No disagreement, though it depends on where somebody is starting from, and this thread has been assuming a starting point nobody stated.
Thank you for spelling out the reasoning rather than just the conclusion.
MASHdoc_SA 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 where I part company with the consensus forming above. Not convinced. The evidence being cited is consistent with the conclusion and also consistent with two other conclusions nobody has ruled out.
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Shop Reference StandardsAdding the numbers, since they settle part of this. For anyone reading later: the numbers in this thread are worth checking against a primary source before you act on them, including mine. Half the figures circulating in this community trace back to a secondary summary that dropped a qualifier.
Correct me if the detail matters more than I have assumed.
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