dan_philly said:If you are going to change something, change one thing and give it long enough to express itself.
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.
dan_philly said:If you are going to change something, change one thing and give it long enough to express itself.
That reframing is the part I needed. Taking it to my next appointment.
Moderator note: leaving this open. It is being argued well and the disagreement is the useful part. Thread quality here is what the rules are for. Keep it up.
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Shop Reference StandardsHPLC_Greg said:Agreed, with the usual condition: that holds for the average and this board is a collection of individuals.
Same pattern here, and in the same order. Posting only so the count is not one.
HPLC_Greg said:Agreed, with the usual condition: that holds for the average and this board is a collection of individuals.
Coming at HPLC_Greg’s question from a different direction. 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.
Happy to go further on any of that.