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 […]
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On QALYs and DALYs
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 […]
The Metaphor which underlies Quantification
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 […]
Tools of Quantification
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 […]
What do you propose?
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, […]
The Bumble Bee and 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 […]