> If my theory is true, then I can also say that the consistency of the data backs up my own experience and belief, which is that Atoms aren’t using sick time i

> If my theory is true, then I can also say that the consistency of the data backs up my own experience and belief, which is that Atoms aren’t using sick time inappropriately or with selfish intention. If they were, I wouldn’t see such a high degree of conformance of the data to a natural log model. I don't think that necessarily follows: it might be that willingness-to-cheat/malingering/hypochondria is distributed in such a fashion as to generate this log model.