Your thesis leaning on the reality of social pressure seems plausible. And not wasting doctor's time with trivial complaints clearly has social value. But wha

Your thesis leaning on the reality of social pressure seems plausible. And not wasting doctor's time with trivial complaints clearly has social value. But what about the opposite case: Serious complaints left effectively untreated while the disease progressing under "homeopathic treatment"? http://whatstheharm.net/homeopathy.html http://whatstheharm.net/homeopathy.html Wouldn't even one such case have to be weighted more heavily than a hundred wasted 15-minute doctor's appointments?