Why does sema make me SO tired??

VanRx_Mike said:

It helps to ask what evidence would change your mind before you look at any.

True, with the qualification that this is a self-selected group. The people for whom it did not work post less, and that shapes everything we think we know.

carl_compliance said:

Agreed, and the size of the effect matters as much as its existence.

That reframing is the part I needed. I will report back once I have actually tried it.

VanRx_Mike said:

It helps to ask what evidence would change your mind before you look at any.

This is where I part company with the consensus forming above. Pushing back on the anecdote-stacking. Twenty people reporting the same thing is twenty samples from the same self-selected pool, not twenty independent confirmations.

Adding the numbers, since they settle part of this. Practical: whatever you change, write down the date and the reason. In three months the reason is what you will have forgotten, and the reason is what makes the record worth having.

Moderator note: good thread. Keeping it here rather than moving it, because the question is general enough to be useful. Thread quality here is what the rules are for. Keep it up.