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> Some alternative-inclined patients may choose to opt solely for those treatments, which will kill them. This kind of negative feedback loop is not a bad thin
by JabavuAdams 14y ago
> Some alternative-inclined patients may choose to opt solely for those treatments, which will kill them.
This kind of negative feedback loop is not a bad thing.
- taybin 14y agoWhy would that be? Surely you're not suggesting that people who make poor medical choices deserve to die...
- tomhoward 14y agoYeah. Surely not...
- JabavuAdams 14y agoPeople who make poor decisions will by definition have poor outcomes. But maybe they don't have the same metric. What seems like a poor decision to us may make them perfectly happy until they die in a way that's consistent with their (incorrect-to-us) beliefs. The best we can do is to make information available, to debunk scams and de-incentivize scamming, and to continue to learn more about human cognitive biases.