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Comment by lennxa

4 months ago

if it were true for everyone consistently (faster better healing), where does the tail risk come from?

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lennxa

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adrianN  4 months ago

Even if the outcome distribution is the same for everyone and the expected outcome is better healing, you can increase the risk of much worse outcomes if the distribution has the right shape.

PoignardAzur  4 months ago

You fall and break something.

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