Adding the clinical framing, because it changes how the question reads. The distinction that resolves most of these threads is between what is true on average and what is true for one person. Both are real; they answer different questions and get quoted as if they were the same one.
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Apr 13, 2026 at 5:19 AM#17
Dr.KarenChen said:The distinction that resolves most of these threads is between what is true on average and what is true for one person.
Mine went the same way, slower. Posting only so the count is not one.
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Apr 14, 2026 at 5:42 AM#18
Dr.KarenChen said:The distinction that resolves most of these threads is between what is true on average and what is true for one person.
There is a second half to this that has not been said yet. 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.
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The figures, for anyone assembling their own picture. Say what you would expect to see if you were wrong, before you look. It is a small discipline and it changes what you notice.
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