The problem with 'freedom of choice' is the assumption that you are equipped enough to handle the information. There is a general assumption among us educated t

The problem with 'freedom of choice' is the assumption that you are equipped enough to handle the information. There is a general assumption among us educated that given time and energy, we can understand anything logically without our biases hurting the process. In reality, we are not equipped. We are not even equipped to analyze day to day news that we receive (if you consider all the biases, journalistic mistakes and private interest media/websites). We just don't have the time to do the same job as a fully trained doctor / FDA certifier would. We might convince ourselves based on some outliers, but in reality - specialization has been the key to address the ever expanding scope of knowledge today. Anecdotally, When I was a kid, there used to be pretty much a physician or a surgeon in India. They handled 99% of cases compared to today when every body part has a specialist. That's the scope of knowledge spread - It is very trivializing to assume that we can jump in and figure it all out better than the experts. I am glad that your non-approved treatment worked out. But it is anecdotal - there are a million other equivalents where it didn't. This spans people with intelligence of all ranges. Cornered people would be will do almost anything based on how they perceive the current threat. The fact that they convince themselves that they are making the right call, doesn't make it right.