Thanks, Bob, for sharing your insights and your frustration. These good and bad labels are indeed oversimplifications, as I pointed out in an earlier post. The most convincing number is the low absolute risk effect of either. If their role was as clear-cut as the simplifications make people believe, we would see much larger effects.

BTW, I'm experimenting with a video AMA format to respond to well-reasoned comments and to questions. My 'inaugural' AMA video includes your comments to the Brains vs. Brawn post. If you'd like to watch it, you find it here: https://drlutz.substack.com/p/ask-me-anything-on

I'm curious about your thoughts.