PeptideSynthNJ said:

If you are comparing against somebody else’s result, check that you are comparing the same measurement taken the same way.

I read this differently from PeptideSynthNJ, on substance rather than tone. Pushing back on the consensus forming here. Consistency is not the same as correctness, and a board that agrees with itself quickly is usually agreeing with the first person who sounded certain.

PeptideSynthNJ said:

If you are comparing against somebody else’s result, check that you are comparing the same measurement taken the same way.

Fair, and it stops being fair at the extremes. The middle of the range is well understood; the ends are where the honest answer is that nobody knows.

PeptideSynthNJ said:

If you are comparing against somebody else’s result, check that you are comparing the same measurement taken the same way.

This is exactly what I could not find anywhere else. I will report back once I have actually tried it.

Clinical perspective, offered as context rather than as advice. It is worth asking what the claim would look like if it were false. If nothing would look different, it is not a claim about the world and no amount of discussion will settle it.

traveltech_sara said:

It is worth asking what the claim would look like if it were false.

Second this. Posting only so the count is not one.