pat_auckland said:It helps to ask what evidence would change your mind before you look at any.
Correct as far as it goes. The part it does not cover is what to do when the honest answer is "not enough data", which is more often than anyone likes.
GenomicsKate said:Right, and one flattering data point from a group buy is not consistency.
Thank you — that is the clearest version of this I have read, and I have read a lot of them. Adding it to my notes with a link back to this thread.
pat_auckland said:It helps to ask what evidence would change your mind before you look at any.
Pushing back on pat_auckland 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.
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Ask again with the specifics and you will get a better answer than this one.