>>doing so is often labeled as being anti-science, when the truth is, this guy was actually doing the science himself. Yup, it is. Because like a cargo cult,

>>doing so is often labeled as being anti-science, when the truth is, this guy was actually doing the science himself. Yup, it is. Because like a cargo cult, most of the external signs are similar. The difference is in the depth of knowledge used, the rigor applied to the evidence, whether the person is actively avoiding or seeking confirmation bias, etc. So, yes, much of the time, it is actually anti-science. That said, there is no reason to hide a person's own data from them. Even if statistically, they are more likely to abuse it. The fact that he had to go get a gray-market machine hacked to use open-source to get his own data is unconscionable. It should simply be required that all medical devices have an easy method to provide data to the user/patient, such as a Patient_SDCard_Slot, or Patient_USB_port. Obviously it wouldn't provide access to the internals, but provide a parallel output data stream that they could use or not use as they choose.