Dr.PulmRoch 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 Dr.PulmRoch, on substance rather than tone. Not convinced. The evidence being cited is consistent with the conclusion and also consistent with two other conclusions nobody has ruled out.

Dr.PulmRoch 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.

Dr.PulmRoch said:

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

Bookmarking. The distinction being drawn above is the one nobody else makes. Printing the relevant bit and taking it with me.

From the other side of the consultation, briefly. The distinction that resolves most of these threads is between what is true on average and what is true for one person. Both are real; they answer different questions and get quoted as if they were the same one.

Reporting back.

Update — I was wrong in the opening post, specifically about the direction. Correcting it here rather than editing it away.