DebRD_ATL said:The honest answer is that the effect is real, the magnitude is contested, and the individual variation is larger than either.
Agreed, and the size of the effect matters as much as its existence. Something real and small gets treated here as though it were real and decisive.
DanielChem_CHI said:Agreed, with a caveat about community reputation: it is a lagging indicator.
This is exactly what I could not find anywhere else. Sending this to two other people who asked me the same thing last week.
DebRD_ATL said:The honest answer is that the effect is real, the magnitude is contested, and the individual variation is larger than either.
I read this differently. The confidence in this thread is running ahead of the evidence, and I would rather the uncertainty were stated than smoothed over because it is unsatisfying.
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