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There is an efficient way to maximize life expectancy, it does not involve taking risks with proposals bordering snake oil and it minimizes the medical knowledg

There is an efficient way to maximize life expectancy, it does not involve taking risks with proposals bordering snake oil and it minimizes the medical knowledge you must acquire: Employ at every time three personal high profile doctors at a salary far above what they could expect, and fire one of them each year. The choice of who is fired is based on written proposals by each of them. Having three doctors makes it possible to use majority logic. Make sure that two of them do not collude.

drakonka 9y ago
> Make sure that two of them do not collude. How? This alone would have the potential to bring down the entire plan even if someone did have the money to hire three doctors.
- JPLeRouzic 9y ago
  >> How? That is why they have to write a proposal, it could be used to get advice from someone else. Another possibility is to use a more complicated algorithm (like, if two doctors gave the same advice last year, one of them should leave this year). >> This alone ... That is why I mentioned it. The question was about "scientifically valid ways to maximize life", my assumption is that only one (or more) doctor could provide a valid advice, I also assumed the parent was not interested in trivial answers on an Internet forum. HN being what it is I supposed some clever and funny algorithm would do the job (I was clearly wrong). >> even if someone did have the money... I do not get this part, hiring three doctors is not a big business for companies. Even if you limit it to individuals, you can look at other parts of the world, for example in India doctors start at $20,000 per year. Hungarian doctors earn roughly one tenth of what a western European doctor earns [0], etc... [0] http://budapestbeacon.com/public-policy/hungarian-health-care-workers-earn-110th-that-of-their-western-counterparts/20371 http://budapestbeacon.com/public-policy/hungarian-health-car...

drakonka 9y ago

> Make sure that two of them do not collude. How? This alone would have the potential to bring down the entire plan even if someone did have the money to hire three doctors.

JPLeRouzic 9y ago
>> How? That is why they have to write a proposal, it could be used to get advice from someone else. Another possibility is to use a more complicated algorithm (like, if two doctors gave the same advice last year, one of them should leave this year). >> This alone ... That is why I mentioned it. The question was about "scientifically valid ways to maximize life", my assumption is that only one (or more) doctor could provide a valid advice, I also assumed the parent was not interested in trivial answers on an Internet forum. HN being what it is I supposed some clever and funny algorithm would do the job (I was clearly wrong). >> even if someone did have the money... I do not get this part, hiring three doctors is not a big business for companies. Even if you limit it to individuals, you can look at other parts of the world, for example in India doctors start at $20,000 per year. Hungarian doctors earn roughly one tenth of what a western European doctor earns [0], etc... [0] http://budapestbeacon.com/public-policy/hungarian-health-care-workers-earn-110th-that-of-their-western-counterparts/20371 http://budapestbeacon.com/public-policy/hungarian-health-car...