I would say the logical thing to do for the doctor is Not to trust the patient peer until AFTER the doctor has actually read the article himself. The problem here is the doctor will likely trust the patient without ever…
> This statement that docs consider their patients dimwits is wrong. It may be true for some docs I disagree. I feel this is true for over 50% of docs in my anecdotal experience. Of course in surveys 0% of docs will…
>I think people generally underestimate how non-straightforward natural selection is, especially when epigenetics is taken into account. Living beings carry around a lot of dormant genes that can spring to life under…
Sure, that's a valid point. But another valid point is the causative agent for homosexuality in humans is the same causative agent for homosexuality in animals and this would invalidate your point if it were true.…
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/massive-study-fin... It's not rejected. Homosexuality is rejected as a medical "disorder" by the medical establishment. However that's entirely different from what the…
Careful. There are real world consequences for anyone who attacks me on HN. Either state your disagreement and address me in a civil way or be prepared for the consequences.
The point was to consider the validity of such a statement as something worth considering. What you say is technically true but you made it kind of pedantic here and steered away from the heart of my point. Let me…
I'm actually a researcher in academia in this area. I'm more well informed then medical professionals on this topic. I am sorry to say that you, like everyone else jumped to a conclusion here. Why don't you look at my…
This wasn't the point. The example was a device to throw people off guard and pull them back for the purpose of promoting self awareness. Personally, I have no stance on the causative origins of homosexuality; But…
I propose another dictum. Call it Delta's dictum. Only a doctor has the intelligence and super human ability to claim that a man has a disease. The man himself is too ignorant and stupid to know anything about his own…
This is ingenious and a incredible way to display how illogical a doctor (and people in general) can be. It's completely obvious that the doctor isn't going to really read the paper (he's too busy). You just present a…
The problem with this is that there is zero evidence that the filtering and testing requirements correlate with actual doctoring skills. In fact there is evidence against this. Think of it this way; in Europe it is far…
This article is literally about patients who followed a crazy idea and the doctors who dismissed them. The crazy people here were the doctors. What the mother did here was more rational and logical then every doctor in…
You don't know the extent of human bias. All humans are ruled more by bias than by logic, doctors included AND you included as well. What's especially worse is that Doctors are trained to mistrust a patient. They view…
I would say the logical thing to do for the doctor is Not to trust the patient peer until AFTER the doctor has actually read the article himself. The problem here is the doctor will likely trust the patient without ever…
> This statement that docs consider their patients dimwits is wrong. It may be true for some docs I disagree. I feel this is true for over 50% of docs in my anecdotal experience. Of course in surveys 0% of docs will…
>I think people generally underestimate how non-straightforward natural selection is, especially when epigenetics is taken into account. Living beings carry around a lot of dormant genes that can spring to life under…
Sure, that's a valid point. But another valid point is the causative agent for homosexuality in humans is the same causative agent for homosexuality in animals and this would invalidate your point if it were true.…
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/massive-study-fin... It's not rejected. Homosexuality is rejected as a medical "disorder" by the medical establishment. However that's entirely different from what the…
Careful. There are real world consequences for anyone who attacks me on HN. Either state your disagreement and address me in a civil way or be prepared for the consequences.
The point was to consider the validity of such a statement as something worth considering. What you say is technically true but you made it kind of pedantic here and steered away from the heart of my point. Let me…
I'm actually a researcher in academia in this area. I'm more well informed then medical professionals on this topic. I am sorry to say that you, like everyone else jumped to a conclusion here. Why don't you look at my…
This wasn't the point. The example was a device to throw people off guard and pull them back for the purpose of promoting self awareness. Personally, I have no stance on the causative origins of homosexuality; But…
I propose another dictum. Call it Delta's dictum. Only a doctor has the intelligence and super human ability to claim that a man has a disease. The man himself is too ignorant and stupid to know anything about his own…
This is ingenious and a incredible way to display how illogical a doctor (and people in general) can be. It's completely obvious that the doctor isn't going to really read the paper (he's too busy). You just present a…
The problem with this is that there is zero evidence that the filtering and testing requirements correlate with actual doctoring skills. In fact there is evidence against this. Think of it this way; in Europe it is far…
This article is literally about patients who followed a crazy idea and the doctors who dismissed them. The crazy people here were the doctors. What the mother did here was more rational and logical then every doctor in…
You don't know the extent of human bias. All humans are ruled more by bias than by logic, doctors included AND you included as well. What's especially worse is that Doctors are trained to mistrust a patient. They view…