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You seem to be suggesting that we can't account for the large amount of uncertainty inherent in complex systems. That the only thing that exists is "our best g
by leftyted 7y ago
You seem to be suggesting that we can't account for the large amount of uncertainty inherent in complex systems. That the only thing that exists is "our best guess today". I think that's crazy. We absolutely can account for uncertainty. That's what "first, do no harm" is supposed to be about...
- stevehawk 7y agoWhat I'm suggesting is that we not read articles like this and decide that it's best to ignore science because it isn't perfect. It's possible (probable?) not all of the women in the article made the right choice. But the article does not present enough evidence for us to make that conclusion or explain why. I noticed the article actually fails to mention what any doctor recommended. It just states they tested positive for BRCA and then opted for every surgery they could. Not to be ignored but a lot of these decisions were around the time Angeline Jolie had her BRCA incident and there was a lot of tv/internet fear mongering on the topic.
- CodeWriter23 7y agoWhat this (and many other situations) indicates is an attitude of humility that Science for any given study may be incomplete is far more appropriate than the arrogance that Science is automatically correct and unquestionable. True Science is always open to re-examination, and is never “settled”.