> If the field of medicine is anything like engineering and computer science I'd rather chance my own opinion over trusting the advice of a random doctor I'd

> If the field of medicine is anything like engineering and computer science I'd rather chance my own opinion over trusting the advice of a random doctor I'd certainly trust a random doctor's medical opinion over a random programmer's (my own). And I think a doctor should trust a random programmer's opinion about software over his/her own. In both cases, the solution is to find a reputable practitioner, not substitute an untrained opinion for a trained one.