Crypto for meds feels very dystopian but here we are — need advice

TinaHashiRN said:

The version of this that has an answer is narrower than the version being asked.

Agreeing with TinaHashiRN, and the qualification matters more than the agreement. Yes, and the corollary is less popular: if the reasoning holds, it also holds where it produces an answer we do not like.

LindaRN_retired said:

I would put less weight on the timescale, because two months of anything is not enough to distinguish a trend from a wobble.

Saving this. It is the first explanation that did not require me to already understand it. Printing the relevant bit and taking it with me.

TinaHashiRN said:

The version of this that has an answer is narrower than the version being asked.

Pushing back on TinaHashiRN here. Not convinced. The evidence being cited is consistent with the conclusion and also consistent with two other conclusions nobody has ruled out.

Adding 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.

Moderator note: leaving this open. It is being argued well and the disagreement is the useful part.