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A stackoverflow for medicine could have enormous benefits, but considering how much "blind leading the blind" goes on there I'd be terrified if this is applied
by CoreDumpling 17y ago
A stackoverflow for medicine could have enormous benefits, but considering how much "blind leading the blind" goes on there I'd be terrified if this is applied to a field with immediate consequences to people's well-being.
- kyro 17y agoYeah, that's definitely the risk, but I'd imagine community feedback + academic/clinical education/training would somewhat mitigate that, although not fully. A good verification system would help too (for physicians), but then it'd feel more like an invite-only community, which could be good or bad - I'm not sure.
- bh23ha 17y agoHow about you can sort answers by total vote count OR only by verified account votes?
- tibbon 17y agoAgreed. Just looking at Yahoo! answers for any health related questions you can see that most people online don't know what they are talking about (but are more than happy to share) when it comes to health related issues. Somehow the same people manage to stay off of programming sites thankfully and don't just go respond to everything saying, "Its probably a heart attack, get to your doctor!"