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0 pointsjobigoud7y ago0 comments

> explained my above average cold tolerance ... I knew what to look for...

Sorry but this makes it sound like horoscope reading.

If you can't rely on it to make predictions and only use it to confirm preexisting ideas about yourself how is it better than pseudoscience?

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I don't follow / maybe what I meant got lost in language.

To rephrase:

- there were some things in the report that I already knew, it was nice to see confirmation -> points++

- there were some things in the report that I suspected, but wasn't sure about, also nice to see it written black-on-white -> points++

- there were some things in the report which I had no clue about, but were easy to test if they are true or not (they were) -> points++++++++++++++

And to keep it fair: there were also things which didn't really apply at all.

But my point was, because I knew what to observe better, it was easy to keep the relevant stuff and ignore the rest.

I have always been "sickly." Getting my genetic disorder properly identified was amazingly empowering and life changing in the most positive way.

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