jim_asheville said:

There is a difference between no evidence and evidence of no effect, and this subject is one where the two get swapped freely in both directions.

True, with the qualification that this is a self-selected group. The people for whom it did not work post less, and that shapes everything we think we know.

adam_van said:

Agreed, with a caveat about community reputation: it is a lagging indicator.

This answered a question I did not know how to ask. Adding it to my notes with a link back to this thread.

jim_asheville said:

There is a difference between no evidence and evidence of no effect, and this subject is one where the two get swapped freely in both directions.

Careful with the causal language. Two things moving together in a period when five things changed is not a mechanism, and stating it as one makes the thread less useful to somebody reading it later.

The figures, for anyone assembling their own picture. 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: reminder that nothing in this thread is medical advice, and that clinical claims need a source. Carry on.