Experts warn yearly checkups carry risks and do not reduce mortality

Re:Experts warn yearly checkups carry risks and do not reduc... by nlh on Monday April 03, 2023 @11:19AM (#35425159)

Agreed 100%. It's absurd. The results get distilled as "more data leads to worse outcomes" and that's ridiculous -- it should be: "more data leads to bad decisions which lead to worse outcomes". We should ALWAYS strive to have more and better data. What needs to change is how we (and our doctors) respond to that data.

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Re:Experts warn yearly checkups carry risks and do not reduc... by trgn on Monday April 03, 2023 @11:35AM (#35425548)

That's just saying the same thing as the article. But instead of reconsidering the premise, this is just doubling down on it.

> We should ALWAYS strive to have more and better data.

If you value data in and of itself, in other words if data is an a priori good, then this is a fetish.

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Re:Experts warn yearly checkups carry risks and do not reduc... by jwestbury on Monday April 03, 2023 @11:29AM (#35425412)

Whilst I agree in theory -- in practice, humans are prone to misreading data. We have to build our systems to accommodate human flaws, as engineering away human flaws is much, much harder, and potentially impossible.

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Re:Experts warn yearly checkups carry risks and do not reduc... by im3w1l on Monday April 03, 2023 @11:38AM (#35425605)

Human culture is constantly evolving, it's a mistake to assume that the flaws of today must remain so tomorrow. There is also AI to consider.

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