The idea that historically doctors harmed more than they helped stems from availability bias. You only hear about the bad stuff, not cures.
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@Mangan150 Might've been a few lucky steps ("curative" springs? maggots?), but this sounds about right to me: https://westhunt.wordpress.com/2016/03/31/medicine-as-a-pseudoscience/ …1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes -
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Cochran thinks so highly of himself he's incapable of seeing when his pet theories might be mistaken.
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I know he's an asshole, but the point is that ancient knowledge would have come to us. Bet against him at your own risk.
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@Mangan150 So I gather. I think there are good reasons why bad interventions would persist. As they still do in preliterate cultures.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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Why do some cultures perform FGM - because they know it works for its intended purpose.
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It’s not just Cochran, it’s Taleb as well. ‘Iatrogenics’ even today very high hospital infection death rate
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Not too many hospitals in the past, and I'll refrain from commenting on NNT.
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