Has anyone dealt with is there a simple version of how sema vs tirz are different?

TinaHashiRN said:

Whatever the answer turns out to be, the method for getting there is the same: state the assumption, do the arithmetic in public, and invite the…

This is my experience too, for whatever a second data point is worth. The detail I would add is minor and it is already implied above.

Dr.PeteFamMed said:

Practical: whatever you change, write down the date and the reason.

Adding a me-too, because a thread of one person's experience is not much use. I had assumed I was the exception until I read this.

Dr.PeteFamMed said:

Practical: whatever you change, write down the date and the reason.

There is a second half to this that has not been said yet. It helps to ask what evidence would change your mind before you look at any. If nothing would, the discussion is not about evidence, and it is better to say so early than to spend nine posts discovering it.

Correct me if the detail matters more than I have assumed.

The figures, for anyone assembling their own picture. One habit that pays for itself: post the method alongside the number. A figure without its method cannot be checked, and an unchecked figure is how this community accumulates folklore.

Moderator note: leaving this open. It is being argued well and the disagreement is the useful part. Report rather than reply if it drifts again.