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by dragonwriter 3544 days ago
> You don't have to be able to define balance, to point out unbalanced

Yes, you actually have to be able to define what range of mixes counts as "balanced" before you can label anything as outside of that range. (And, moreover, if you want to credibly assign significance to that label, you probably also need to be able to provide evidence that your definition of "balanced" corresponds to a range outside of which there are serious negative consequences.)

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> Yes, you actually have to be able to define what range of mixes counts as "balanced" before you can label anything as outside of that range.

No, you don't; for example, eliminating one is not balanced now matter what numbers you assign to balance.