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You are more likely to obtain the correct result from a credentialed expert than doing your own research. This should be clear in the ever growing landscape of
by lwansbrough 5y ago
You are more likely to obtain the correct result from a credentialed expert than doing your own research. This should be clear in the ever growing landscape of unthinking people using “research” as a proxy for confirmation bias.
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- AussieWog93 5y agoThat depends on how skilled you are at performing research, and whether or not you have enough "base truth" knowledge in the domain to filter out low quality information. 9 times out of 10, though, I think your observation is correct. The people doing "research" get their information from YouTube documentaries linked to Facebook groups, and have very little practical understanding of epidemiology/nutritional content of meat/how child sex rings operate.
- casefields 5y agoGive me 1 day to cram about any disease that's remotely obscure, and I bet you I can out-test any general practitioner.
- renewiltord 5y agoYeah, for most things the hard part is building the base knowledge so you know what information is trustworthy. After that, intensity beats generality on almost anything that has documented knowledge. I agree with you.
- benrbray 5y agoSurely unless you are a doctor yourself, you cannot perform the clinical trials needed to arrive at an objective conclusion in just a day's time. So you must be relying on studies published by--gasp--experts! Phrased differently: Give a general practitioner a day's notice to read up on an obscure disease, and they'll surely run circles around YOU.
- renewiltord 5y agoThat’s the problem, actually. For a personal problem, you will easily dedicate that day. The GP isn’t going to, though. So your choices are: - Dedicated research by you - Off the cuff answer by GP The universe where you get dedicated research from the GP doesn’t exist. This means that nearly any intelligent person walking into a consultation with a GP for a condition they have likely knows more than the GP and only needs the credentialed expert for prescription and satisfying insurers.
- bjornsing 5y ago> You are more likely to obtain the correct result from a credentialed expert than doing your own research. That clearly depends both on your and the expert’s judgement, and I’d say the variance of both is high.