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I think there's actually an argument not to discuss these small pilot studies outside of the immediate community of researchers. The studies aren't powered to detect a difference, and history tells us we're more likely to be mislead than enlightened by interpreting the results of small trials.



> we're more likely to be mislead than enlightened by interpreting the results of small trials

Potentially yes, but when you consider anecdotal evidence to be trials with sample size 1, this is still a large improvement.




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