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I am assuming that SOC won't change under the influence of massively more available quantitative data, or at least any gains would be both slight and only appli
by Gatsky 12y ago
I am assuming that SOC won't change under the influence of massively more available quantitative data, or at least any gains would be both slight and only applicable to a very small number of people. I think it is probably a misconception that humans are simple enough that measuring something (on Theranos' current testing panel) which is produced in ten different ways in five different organs from millions of cells and then diluted in 7 litres of blood is going to tell you anything revolutionary.
Certainly happy to be proven wrong, but there is a risk of harming people (financially, psychologically and perhaps medically) if you convince them that relentless tracking of their serum sodium tells them something useful.
- tel 12y agoI think the difference here comes in use. I agree that misinforming people about the meaningfulness of their blood chemistry is dangerous and low value. My target users are not Quantified Selfers (although my anecdote example might have thrown that off) but instead large scale clinical research sponsors.