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Don't forget number 4 - sheer hubris on the part of people who think that just because they've been to a doctor that they know what a doctor does.
by elemeno 14y ago
Don't forget number 4 - sheer hubris on the part of people who think that just because they've been to a doctor that they know what a doctor does.
- scarmig 14y agoMisdiagnose your hypothyroidism for months, only testing you once you've done your own research and pointed it out to them, and then signing their name to a piece of paper and getting you to sign your name to a large check? </bitter>
- elemeno 14y agoThe computer has decided you don't have hypothyroidism either, the doctor you can at least persuade otherwise.
- natrius 14y agoI've read my chart. It's full of the doctors' logic based on facts. Computers are good at that. Medicine isn't magic.
- elemeno 14y agoI've read my charts as well, they're made up of a mix of facts, intuition and conjecture. The later two being things which computers aren't very good at. Medicine isn't magic, but it's also more than a checklist which gives you a definitive answer at the end, that's why the process of becoming a doctor is as much an apprenticeship as it is rote learning.
- natrius 14y agoWhat is conjecture besides probability, which computers are great at? Intuition is creating new information from an understanding of how things work, and is therefore rarely needed when enough information is available. Doctors need intuition because they don't have detailed knowledge of thousands of individual cases in their heads. Computers will. People keep trying to describe what makes medicine non-automatable, but they're using descriptions that apply just as well to driving. Non-creative work will be automated, and my understanding is that the vast majority of medicine doesn't break any new ground.