On the primary impetus behind Evidence-Based Medicine
Contrary to what most people might think, the primary impetus behind the Evidence-Based Medicine movement is not a noble quest for knowledge or a desire to heal patients, nor is it […]
Contrary to what most people might think, the primary impetus behind the Evidence-Based Medicine movement is not a noble quest for knowledge or a desire to heal patients, nor is it […]
When it comes to quantifying things in Medicine, there are perhaps no concepts more crude than QALYs (Quality-adjusted life year) and DALYs (Disability-adjusted life year). I wont go into details […]
It think one of the key underlying metaphors of quantification is one of digitalization. There is an intuitive sense that quantifying complex phenomena is analogous to the way we digitalize […]
The tools that we use to quantify medical phenomena are like a chainsaw cutting up a large tree trunk. When we use it on a tree trunk, it does a […]
If Evidence-Based Medicine is as flawed and problematic as I’ve argued, then what do I propose? What does this mean for Medicine and clinical research going forward? If not EBM, […]
There is an old anecdote about the physics of a bumble bee and flight. Taking into consideration the size of their wings, the number of wings, and the size of […]