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.
A narrower follow-up, since the general answer is now clear:
Was that from a primary source or from a summary of one?
SleepDoc_PDX said:The distinction that resolves most of these threads is between what is true on average and what is true for one person.
I read this differently from SleepDoc_PDX, on substance rather than tone. I would resist the confidence. Half of what this board was certain about two years ago has since been quietly dropped, and nobody went back to correct the threads.
I would rather be corrected than agreed with, if it comes to it.
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Shop Reference StandardsSleepDoc_PDX said:The distinction that resolves most of these threads is between what is true on average and what is true for one person.
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.