Dr.CardioMD said:

The distinction that resolves most of these threads is between what is true on average and what is true for one person.

Agreed, with the usual condition: that holds for the average and this board is a collection of individuals. A population claim and a personal prediction are different things and get quoted interchangeably.

PharmD_Rodriguez said:

True, though the ladder is longer and that is not a neutral detail — six dose steps means six opportunities to stall on the way up, and plenty of…

Thank you for spelling out the reasoning rather than just the conclusion.

Dr.CardioMD said:

The distinction that resolves most of these threads is between what is true on average and what is true for one person.

I do not accept the framing. The question has been narrowed to the version that has a tidy answer, and the part that was dropped is the part the OP actually asked about.

One concrete data point for the thread. Keep the original post as written when you update it, and add the correction underneath. An edited-away mistake is invisible to the next person who makes it.

Moderator note: good thread. Keeping it here rather than moving it, because the question is general enough to be useful.