Orac: “I have lamented time and time again how little training in the scientific method most medical students and residents receive in the scientific method. This makes all too many physicians very susceptible to pseudoscience because they don’t have a good grasp of what good scientific methodology is.”
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Add to Orac’s complaint – physicians might benefit not only by increased or more rigorous instruction in the scientific method, but improved rigor in logic and the ability to self-spot thinking errors generally.
Sorry, you guys want docs to be SCIENTISTS? Hey, it’s a business. And we SELL ourselves. And if chicken bones and rattles sell, we do it. Maybe even a bone marrow transplant for metastatic disease or a scope for joint pain…It’s just BUSINESS.
Just imagine a scientist maketing himself. “Results, get your REE Sults. Just how you like ‘em.”
This, folks is the crux. Kevin goes with business. I argue profession.
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