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CLI isn't overriding settings in the baseline.toml file

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Description

Training jobs are still calculating means even though they are set to False in the CLI.

CLI Command:

```
uv run python -m saev train
--sweep configs/preprint/baseline.toml
--data.shard-root /fs/scratch/PAS2136/oh-scipe/activations/406094ac63e6de7a592d5ddbaa581e147d51a2596e39732dafe2171cfe15225b
--data.layer -1
--data.patches patches
--data.scale-mean False
--data.scale-norm False sae:relu
--sae.d-vit 768
```
baseline.toml file contents:
```
tag = "baseline-v4.8"

lr = [3e-4, 1e-3, 3e-3]

n_lr_warmup = 500
n_sparsity_warmup = 500

[sae]
normalize_w_dec = true
remove_parallel_grads = true
exp_factor = [16, 32]

[objective]
sparsity_coeff = [4e-4, 8e-4, 1.6e-3]

[data]
scale_mean = true
scale_norm = true
```

An example of this working correctly is in the python formatter 'black' where default options can be overridden in the CLI:
https://github.com/psf/black/blob/main/pyproject.toml

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Reproduce the issue with `uv run python -m saev train` and the options shown, using `configs/preprint/baseline.toml` as the configuration input. Trace how the `data.scale_mean` and `data.scale_norm` values are parsed and overridden; done means the CLI values `False` take precedence over the TOML defaults during training.

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Tech stack
python
Domain
cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
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Newbie friendliness
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