In what sense is that a nitpick or something that doesn’t affect the message? It’s a substantial drag on the message, data that only supports the conclusion if you already have a prior that the conclusion is true.
I meant in the sense that there were quite a few different pieces of evidence presented in the post (e.g. this was one index out of three mentioned), so just pointing out that one of them is weaker than implied doesn’t affect the overall conclusion much.
Fwiw I still don’t think it makes sense to call that a nitpick. Seems like a good thing to point out. (I agree it’s not, like, a knockdown argument against the whole thing. But I think of nitpicks as things that aren’t relevant to the central point of the post)
In what sense is that a nitpick or something that doesn’t affect the message? It’s a substantial drag on the message, data that only supports the conclusion if you already have a prior that the conclusion is true.
I meant in the sense that there were quite a few different pieces of evidence presented in the post (e.g. this was one index out of three mentioned), so just pointing out that one of them is weaker than implied doesn’t affect the overall conclusion much.
Fwiw I still don’t think it makes sense to call that a nitpick. Seems like a good thing to point out. (I agree it’s not, like, a knockdown argument against the whole thing. But I think of nitpicks as things that aren’t relevant to the central point of the post)