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> The powerful dermatology lobby has consistently misled the public What is their incentive for misleading people about this? What goals are they achieving? I
by fragsworth 7y ago
> The powerful dermatology lobby has consistently misled the public
What is their incentive for misleading people about this? What goals are they achieving?
I'm not arguing, I still think the misleading happened - I just don't know what their incentives were. Without any incentives, the cause would probably have to be due to genuine misunderstanding of studies and statistical analysis.
- kurthr 7y agoI don't know the parent's reasoning, much less that of the doctors... but Upton Sinclair said, "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” Dermatology in particular has many lucrative continuing treatments and rarely focuses on cures. Although many in the medical fields also say, don't ask a surgeon for an opinion unless you want to cut (e.g. everything looks like a nail).
- chance_state 7y ago> This community has gone to shit. I want to upvote you because I think this is a great question too. Can you remove this part though? I don't think it's helpful.