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.
Correct me if the detail matters more than I have assumed.
Dr.PeteFamMed said:The distinction that resolves most of these threads is between what is true on average and what is true for one person.
Mine went the same way, slower.
Dr.PeteFamMed 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.PeteFamMed’s question from a different direction. The version of this that has an answer is narrower than the version being asked. Narrow it and it becomes tractable; leave it broad and the thread will produce nine confident and incompatible replies.
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Shop Reference StandardsOne concrete data point for the thread. If you are comparing against somebody else’s result, check that you are comparing the same measurement taken the same way. Most of the apparent contradictions in these threads dissolve at that step.