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Totally agree. Science is the art of measuring things and we don't even approach what's easily possible today in scenarios like yours. Some day we'll look back
by simonsarris 12y ago
Totally agree. Science is the art of measuring things and we don't even approach what's easily possible today in scenarios like yours.
Some day we'll look back on our methods of prescribing and follow-up with the same horrified face we make when we look at Civil War amputations.
- Domenic_S 12y agoTake a stroll through the clinical descriptions of some common medicines and see how often you see this phrase: "The exact mechanism of X is unknown, however..." It's kind of frightening. (two off the top of my head: http://www.drugs.com/pro/klonopin.html http://www.drugs.com/pro/klonopin.html & http://www.drugs.com/pro/prozac-capsules.html http://www.drugs.com/pro/prozac-capsules.html)
- dasil003 12y agoOn the other hand, continuing scientific advancement requires an exponential amount of resources and I think we may see a high watermark where we have to come to terms with the unsustainability of objective progress in terms of perpetual growth. We already look back at the early 20th century futurism's optimism as comical, but if we manage to hold our civilization together for another century or more I suspect we'll look back at today's faith in the practical power of data science as equally naive.