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The razor to use to determine whether something is actually evidenced based under uncertainty is whether you would follow the same policy if it was your own chi
by AbrahamParangi 1y ago
The razor to use to determine whether something is actually evidenced based under uncertainty is whether you would follow the same policy if it was your own child.
There are many things that are simply uncertain and “untrue until proven otherwise” isn’t an exclusively optimal policy.
- raverbashing 1y agoIt's ok, the strongest defenders of EBM are never going to discover anything worthwhile as they get caught in a loop of "no evidence enough to test" and "no evidence for this because nobody tests it"
- vrc 1y agoCounterpoints: the detractors of this purported loop would likely neither fund the vast amounts of research they’d demand be done nor believe the results if they conflicted with their anecdata. I have yet to see a good faith argument against evidence based method that provides an effective and realistic alternative. Because that would take evidence.
- ch4s3 1y agoThe opposite approach exposes people to a lot of unnecessary and dangerous medical treatment. The evidence based approach has uncovered that stenting doesn't work[1], yet a lot of do something proponents are still installing them at great risk to patients and at great cost to medical systems. [1] https://lowninstitute.org/stents-dont-work-a-look-back-at-the-research/ https://lowninstitute.org/stents-dont-work-a-look-back-at-th...
- h2782 1y ago> The razor to use to determine whether something is actually evidenced based under uncertainty is whether you would follow the same policy if it was your own child. What? This makes no sense. How do you explain anti-vaxxer parents with this perspective? Parents may feel they know best, but feeling and fact have nothing to do with each other.