sean_dublin said:Almost every unanswerable question in these threads is unanswerable because three things changed in the same fortnight, and no amount of subsequent…
No disagreement, though it depends on where somebody is starting from, and this thread has been assuming a starting point nobody stated.
I would rather be corrected than agreed with, if it comes to it.
jason_sac26 said:Weight is a noisy signal — daily variation of one to two kilograms from glycogen, sodium and gut contents — so a fortnight of flat readings is well…
Genuinely useful, thank you. I had the facts and not the framework. Adding it to my notes with a link back to this thread.
sean_dublin said:Almost every unanswerable question in these threads is unanswerable because three things changed in the same fortnight, and no amount of subsequent…
Pushing back on sean_dublin here. The counter-case has not been addressed. Somebody upthread described the situation that does not fit, and the thread moved on rather than engaging with it, which is the failure mode this board is supposed to avoid.
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