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Evidence based medicine
Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science by David Freedman We are taught that modern medicine is “evidence based medicine”. Evidence based medicine means rigorous scientific studies underlie every aspect of medical practice. Particularly drugs are supposed to be grounded in … Continue reading
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Mao
The card game “Mao” is so much like academia it should be named Academia, or perhaps academia should be called Ruthless Bloodthirsty Dictator Land. Since I’m not allowed to talk about the rules of Mao, I will illustrate by way … Continue reading
Computers as Doctors
IBM’s computer “Watson” won Jeopardy recently. IBM’s claim that Watson’s progeny could benefit the medical community led Carey Goldburg to speculate on what the future of medicine may hold in this article, ‘The McDonald’s Rx’: How Computers Can And Should … Continue reading