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It's a longstanding debate in cancer medicine -- google "turtles, rabbits and birds". What is not a debate is that increased screening inevitably leads to fals
by timr 3y ago
It's a longstanding debate in cancer medicine -- google "turtles, rabbits and birds".
What is not a debate is that increased screening inevitably leads to false-positives. It's a mathematical certainty. But yes, you hope that you find more rabbits than turtles.
- andrewla 3y agoYes! That's exactly it. I've seen that metaphor before and forgot where I saw it until I searched around for what ended up being a previous comment of yours [1]. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37463187 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37463187
- a_gnostic 3y agoThe past three years confirm this hypothesis.