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I would agree that the medical field is plagued with empiricism which consists of asking a naive question (rather than working from a deeper theory) and then do
by umberway 10y ago
I would agree that the medical field is plagued with empiricism which consists of asking a naive question (rather than working from a deeper theory) and then doing a study to 'measure' the thing in question. Third parties then note the correlation and issue 'advice' in the form of suggestive reporting. I would guess this puts the public off science altogether!
Perhaps the best way to look after the body will turn out to be as Aubrey de Grey suggests: regular servicing to repair accumulated damage. But we aren't there yet. Plus we urgently need new antibiotics.
- Fomite 10y agoThe medical field is very much based off one-off effect estimates, but there's starting to be some pushback on this. I've seen it mentioned several times that there's value to be had in theory from relatively prominent people in epidemiology.
- umberway 10y agohttp://www.goodreads.com/quotes/6894316-never-trust-an-experimental-result-until-it-has-been-confirmed http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/6894316-never-trust-an-exper...