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.
Dr.PulmRoch said:The distinction that resolves most of these threads is between what is true on average and what is true for one person.
This matches mine closely enough to be worth saying so out loud.
Dr.PulmRoch said:The distinction that resolves most of these threads is between what is true on average and what is true for one person.
Coming at Dr.PulmRoch’s question from a different direction. Start from the measurement rather than the conclusion. Almost every disagreement here turns out to be two people measuring different things and comparing the numbers anyway.
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A narrower follow-up, since the general answer is now clear:
What would you measure differently if you were starting again?