MASHdoc_SA 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.
Right, and the exception is worth naming rather than left implied, because the exception is where people get into trouble.
Dr.BariatricHTX said:Weight is a noisy signal — daily variation of one to two kilograms from glycogen, sodium and gut contents — so a fortnight of flat readings is well…
Thank you for spelling out the reasoning rather than just the conclusion. I will report back once I have actually tried it.
MASHdoc_SA 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.
Filing a mild objection. Mild because I might be wrong; an objection because nobody has addressed the case that does not fit. Filing an objection on the n=1 problem. Personal experience is genuine evidence about one person and very weak evidence about anybody else, and this thread keeps promoting the first into the second.
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