NurseKim_ATL said:Worth answering the question that was asked rather than the one behind it.
No disagreement, though the timescale matters more than the mechanism here. Most of what looks like a difference in kind turns out to be a difference in how long somebody waited.
Dr.GutHealth said:Right, and one flattering data point from a group buy is not consistency.
That reframing is the part I needed. Sending this to two other people who asked me the same thing last week.
NurseKim_ATL said:Worth answering the question that was asked rather than the one behind it.
This is where I part company with the consensus forming above. 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.
If somebody has the primary source to hand I would rather cite it than paraphrase it.
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Shop Reference StandardsOne concrete data point for the thread. Say what you would expect to see if you were wrong, before you look. It is a small discipline and it changes what you notice.
Moderator note: good thread. Keeping it here rather than moving it, because the question is general enough to be useful. No action needed from anybody.