Dr.LipidDallas said:There is a difference between no evidence and evidence of no effect, and this subject is one where the two get swapped freely in both directions.
Correct, and worth adding that it is reversible. Nothing being described here is a one-way door, which changes how cautious it is reasonable to be.
Dr.GastroMayo said:Right, and one flattering data point from a group buy is not consistency.
Saving this. It is the first explanation that did not require me to already understand it. Taking it to my next appointment.
Dr.LipidDallas said:There is a difference between no evidence and evidence of no effect, and this subject is one where the two get swapped freely in both directions.
Careful with the causal language. Two things moving together in a period when five things changed is not a mechanism, and stating it as one makes the thread less useful to somebody reading it later.
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Shop Reference StandardsAdding the numbers, since they settle part of this. Give anything pharmacological four weeks before you judge it, and give anything measured weekly a four-point rolling average before you call it a trend.
Correct me if the detail matters more than I have assumed.
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