Look, I’m going to be an asshole, but no, that doesn’t count.
There are millions of stories of the type “I lost lots of weight thanks to X even though nothing else had worked” around. They are not strong evidence that X works.
FWIW, in your comment above you had asked for “any empirical evidence”.
I agree that Zvi’s story is not “strong evidence”, but I don’t think that means it “doesn’t count” — a data point is a data point, even if inconclusive on its own.
(And I think it’s inappropriate to tell someone that a data point “doesn’t count” in response to a request for “any empirical evidence”. In other words, I agree with your assessment that you were being a little bit of an asshole in that response ;-) )
Zvi would tell you that yes it has: How I Lost 100 Pounds Using TDT.
Look, I’m going to be an asshole, but no, that doesn’t count.
There are millions of stories of the type “I lost lots of weight thanks to X even though nothing else had worked” around. They are not strong evidence that X works.
FWIW, in your comment above you had asked for “any empirical evidence”.
I agree that Zvi’s story is not “strong evidence”, but I don’t think that means it “doesn’t count” — a data point is a data point, even if inconclusive on its own.
(And I think it’s inappropriate to tell someone that a data point “doesn’t count” in response to a request for “any empirical evidence”. In other words, I agree with your assessment that you were being a little bit of an asshole in that response ;-) )
Alright, sorry. I should have asked “is there any non-weak empirical evidence that...”. Sorry if I was condescending.