Evan Urquhart

Oh, my bad, man. Here’s the straight news reporter version: Jesse Singal does not think I should have used the word “easily” in the Slate comments section on Jan 14, 2019.

He agrees with me that there’s no scientific evidence of ROGD’s existence.

How about this Evan? "We all agree that ROGD is a new concept that has not been studied yet in a robust way, and it is possible to do so but difficult."

How about "We all agree there's no scientific evidence for ROGD, as such evidence would need to meet the usual standards for scientific knowledge. Such standards are rigorous, which can provide barriers to non-researchers."

That's a factual statement, do you agree mine is as well? As you are no doubt aware, your version would make it sound to a casual observer like ROGD is false. We all know better, but we're more scientifically literate then the average person.

Yeah, absolutely- both our statements were accurate, with yours slanted to make ROGD sound true but understudied, mine slanted to make it sound false but understudied. Of course the truth is we don't know, w/ me (likely) more skeptical the evidence will show anything than you.

There's also an interesting (to me) side question about cultural framing. If a 14 yo experiments with a new haircut & new peer group for a few months, then moves on, I call that "normal adolescence" while others might consider it anecdotal evidence for a new medical condition.

That summary of our summaries is close enough for me, cheers! I think what you described is normal adolescence, but it doesn't sound ROGD. Is being T just a haircut?