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rfdave
·năm ngoái·discuss
PSA is not fool proof test, and is susceptible to false positives. A substantial fraction of men, in the 40+% range have prostate cancer at death. The treatments for it can be painful and have long recoveries, so there's not obvious solutions.
rfdave
·năm ngoái·discuss
Believe me, we noticed that clearly at the time.
rfdave
·năm ngoái·discuss
More SMS spam about my overdue toll?
rfdave
·năm ngoái·discuss
Ploughing a field is a very different activity than moving material from one place to another.
rfdave
·năm ngoái·discuss
How many people with polio do you know? What’s her explanation of why polio almost disappeared after everyone was vaccinated? Couching a bunch of BS in “if she’s right” makes you sound like a shill.
rfdave
·năm ngoái·discuss
Wow. Talk about zero situational awareness.
rfdave
·2 năm trước·discuss
Ah, an economist from George Mason. Say no more. I expect he has no children due to the negative economic impact of child rearing.
rfdave
·2 năm trước·discuss
That's an urban legend. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-n...
rfdave
·2 năm trước·discuss
How is the typical person supposed to decide the best path of care? How do you incentivize competition while keeping standards of care up so that people receive good care with highly complex tradeoffs.
rfdave
·2 năm trước·discuss
Oh sure, but the Catholic Church didn't have to answer to a bunch of analysts whose only skill is fast excel spreadsheeting.