Dr.ReproEndo said:Prices dramatically below market are the strongest single signal, and the reason is arithmetic rather than suspicion.
That reframing is the part I needed.
From the other side of the consultation, briefly. 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.
Happy to go further on any of that.
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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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Moderator note: leaving this open. It is being argued well and the disagreement is the useful part. Report rather than reply if it drifts again.