[Vision2020] [link added] We, Intoleristas . . .

[Donovan Arnold]

Any health problem can potentially become life threatening. I think most people can tell if they need a second opinion on any diagnosis from a doctor. Most doctors are hurried and see 1000s of patients with similar common problems and sometimes do not listen to their complaints, often because people can be very ignorant and full of misinformation. I think if a doctor listens and your problem is within their scope of practice you are fine 99.9% of the time. However, if they don't listen to you, are not familiar with your medical issues, or are a worker's comp. doctor, you should get a second opinion. I think many worker's comp. doctors intentionally misdiagnose people so the insurance companies keep sending them more victims. 
 
Donovan J. Arnold

From: Dan Carscallen <areaman at moscow.com>
To: Moscow 2020 Vision <vision2020 at moscow.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, January 1, 2013 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] [link added] We, Intoleristas . . .


Do you never get a second opinion when you go to the doc? All I can say is that on day-to-day stuff, probably not, but if its something huge and potentially life-altering, darn right I do, and there's a good chance I'm going to do some research of my own.

DC

On Jan 1, 2013, at 11:46, Joe Campbell <philosopher.joe at gmail.com> wrote:


Even in the case of medicine? Do you trust no one? Sorry but I don't believe you!
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>I'm not denying that a healthy dose of skepticism is a good thing. Actually, I consider myself a bit of a skeptic about almost any topic. 
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>But when push comes to shove and a decision needs to be made and we're considering matters of science in order to set public policy, I don't see a better general rule than "Follow the overwhelming consensus." I don't see "Follow the guy who thinks about it in his spare time instead of the consensus opinion of the experts" as a very good GENERAL rule to follow, and neither do you. Or at least you shouldn't.
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>That is not dogmatism; it is common sense.
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>On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Steven Basoa <sbasoa at moscow.com> wrote:
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>On Jan 1, 2013, at 11:11 AM, Joe Campbell wrote:
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>>>Then we come down to the issue of what I or anyone else should do when given the choice of (a) believing what the majority of experts say on >ANY topic or (b) believing what you say, given that you have no formal training, education, or expertise.
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>>I have always found that a healthy dose of skepticism is almost always warranted, no matter the subject.
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>>>The wise decision is (a). Even you will agree in most cases that this general way of thinking is correct.
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>>Why will Paul agree to this?  Because you say so?  There you go being dogmatic yet again...   ;-]
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>>-SB
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