What is everyone binge-watching this week — what worked for you?

GenomicsKate 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…

There is a second half to this that has not been said yet. Take it one variable at a time. Almost every unanswerable question in these threads is unanswerable because three things changed in the same fortnight, and no amount of subsequent argument can untangle them after the fact.

I would rather be corrected than agreed with, if it comes to it.

One concrete data point for the thread. Worth stating the units and the reference range whenever you post a number here. A large fraction of the apparent disagreement in these threads is two people using different units and both being right.

Moderator note: a couple of off-topic posts removed. Thread quality here is what the rules are for. Keep it up.

HPLC_Greg said:

Worth stating the units and the reference range whenever you post a number here.

I read this differently from HPLC_Greg, on substance rather than tone. Pushing back on the consensus forming here. Consistency is not the same as correctness, and a board that agrees with itself quickly is usually agreeing with the first person who sounded certain.

HPLC_Greg said:

Worth stating the units and the reference range whenever you post a number here.

No disagreement, though the timescale matters more than the mechanism here. Most of what looks like a difference in kind turns out to be a difference in how long somebody waited.