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Why catalogue breadth is not evidence of anything

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c.bakkerTL221 Jan 2026#1

Why catalogue breadth is not evidence of anything I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below.

What changes if the standard account of catalogue breadth is wrong? I ask because I have been treating it as settled and I noticed this week that I could not say why.

Working through the consequences rather than the evidence, since others here are better placed on the evidence.

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k.asanteTL210 May 2026#2

Adding the measurement that the opening post says would settle it.

Reading a supplier's product description as a marketing document: that is exactly what it is. The hyperbole, the mechanism written as fact, the theoretical benefits stated as established benefits — all of that is marketing. Treat it as such and separate it from evidence where evidence exists.

The right answer here may simply be that it has not been measured.

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VPoulsenTL3Regular26 Jul 2026#3

This subcategory exists because some people will research compounds outside the main groups discussed here. The standard of evidence and honesty about its limits applies to everything discussed, not just to approved drugs.

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