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This should only be a problem if you don't adjust the models. If you run a huge number of tests, you can create far more detailed models and thus reduce the fal

This should only be a problem if you don't adjust the models. If you run a huge number of tests, you can create far more detailed models and thus reduce the false positive rate. Ideally, all chemical processes in the body could be known and we could have an almost "mechanical" model of the body. How else but with more testing can be reach that knowledge?

plonk 4y ago
> This should only be a problem if you don't adjust the models. If you run a huge number of tests, you can create far more detailed models and thus reduce the false positive rate. Can you? The problem is the test's sensitivity and specificity, there's not much statistical work to do after the test on a single case. It's not an advanced model deciding whether you're sick or not. > Ideally, all chemical processes in the body could be known and we could have an almost "mechanical" model of the body. How else but with more testing can be reach that knowledge? Yeah, ideally we would. Not a doctor, but as far as I can tell, we're a thousand years away from that.