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Re:Federal Study Links Testicular Cancer to ‘Forever Chemicals’ by baz00 on Monday August 28, 2023 @04:55AM (#37291470)
Mine is not a philosophy. I'm closely related to someone who has to deal with the fall out of such procedures. The standards being met for surgery are fairly low and the psych evaluations are not always conclusive.
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Re:Federal Study Links Testicular Cancer to ‘Forever Chemicals’ by ryan-c on Monday August 28, 2023 @05:17AM (#37291616)
The optimal regret rate is greater than zero.

(regret is the result of "false positives" which are obviously harmful, but "false negatives" are harmful too, probably more so - balance is required)

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Re:Federal Study Links Testicular Cancer to ‘Forever Chemicals’ by ryan-c on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @02:58AM (#37304276)
You seem to have missed that I was referencing Hamlet:

> There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

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Re:Federal Study Links Testicular Cancer to ‘Forever Chemicals’ by baz00 on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @03:27AM (#37304464)
Had missed that entirely. Thanks for the clarification.
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