paige_pharma said:If two explanations both fit, the useful question is which one predicts something the other does not.
True, and it depends on a baseline nobody has stated. Without knowing where someone started, the same number can be an excellent result or a disappointing one.
Correct me if the detail matters more than I have assumed.
paige_pharma said:If two explanations both fit, the useful question is which one predicts something the other does not.
Pushing back on paige_pharma here. Filing an objection on the n=1 problem. Personal experience is genuine evidence about one person and very weak evidence about anybody else, and this thread keeps promoting the first into the second.
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