One thing that is still open after VanRx_Mike’s answer:
How would you tell the difference between that and the alternative explanation?
MounjBrad said:If two explanations both fit, the useful question is which one predicts something the other does not.
Pushing back on MounjBrad here. I think the framing smuggles in the conclusion. Ask it the other way round and the obvious answer reverses, which usually means the question is doing the work.
MounjBrad said:If two explanations both fit, the useful question is which one predicts something the other does not.
Right, and the exception is worth naming rather than left implied, because the exception is where people get into trouble.
Correct me if the detail matters more than I have assumed.
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View ResultsMounjBrad said:If two explanations both fit, the useful question is which one predicts something the other does not.
Genuinely useful, thank you. I had the facts and not the framework. I will report back once I have actually tried it.
From the other side of the consultation, briefly. Most of what circulates confidently in this community traces back to one summary of one study, and the qualifier was dropped somewhere in the third retelling.