Monday, November 11, 2019

Dichotomous thinking and uncertainty in medicine and science

Medicine is by its very nature uncertain. Unfortunately, humans don't deal well with uncertainty, and our tendency towards dichotomous thinking leads us to think that if we're not absolutely certain about something we don't know anything.

from Science-Based Medicine https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/dichotomous-thinking-and-uncertainty-in-medicine-and-science/

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