VanRx_Mike said:It helps to ask what evidence would change your mind before you look at any.
Right, and the exception is worth naming rather than left implied, because the exception is where people get into trouble.
JenPlateau said:Weight is a noisy signal — daily variation of one to two kilograms from glycogen, sodium and gut contents — so a fortnight of flat readings is well…
Thank you — that is the clearest version of this I have read, and I have read a lot of them. Printing the relevant bit and taking it with me.
VanRx_Mike said:It helps to ask what evidence would change your mind before you look at any.
This is where I part company with the consensus forming above. The counter-case has not been addressed. Somebody upthread described the situation that does not fit, and the thread moved on rather than engaging with it, which is the failure mode this board is supposed to avoid.
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