TirzTom said:It helps to ask what evidence would change your mind before you look at any.
Filing a mild objection. Mild because I might be wrong; an objection because nobody has addressed the case that does not fit. This treats a plausible mechanism as a demonstrated one. Plausible is where you start looking, not where you stop.
One concrete data point for the thread. One habit that pays for itself: post the method alongside the number. A figure without its method cannot be checked, and an unchecked figure is how this community accumulates folklore.
Dr.ReproEndo said:This treats a plausible mechanism as a demonstrated one.
Coming at Dr.ReproEndo’s question from a different direction. The version of this that has an answer is narrower than the version being asked. Narrow it and it becomes tractable; leave it broad and the thread will produce nine confident and incompatible replies.
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View ResultsOne thing that is still open after LindaRN_retired’s answer:
How would you tell the difference between that and the alternative explanation?
Reporting back.
Resolved, and the thing that resolved it was the least interesting suggestion in the thread. Writing that down for the next person who wants the interesting answer.