Leave nothing to chance.
Overlook nothing.
Combine contradictory observations.
Allow yourself enough time.
--Hippocrates
(as quoted by Carl Sagan on p8 of The Demon-Haunted World)
QotD: Hippocrates on Diagnosis
Posts from This Journal “medicine” Tag
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Interesting Times Indeed
Being a doc and a dork too, I've been studying on COVID-19 since it first appeared. Still the magnitude of the crisis is shocking. This will be…
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QotD: If Learning, Not Gloating, Is the Goal
"A single dot on a canvas is not a painting and a single bet cannot resolve a complex theoretical dispute. This will take many questions and…
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Brian Dunning and the Skeptical Community's Blind Spots
He spoke tonight at Portland State University, sponsored by the Oregonians for Science and Reason. The popular assumptions he challenged were the…
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the 9th Annual Portland Plant Medicine Gathering (Oregon)
I was registered and attempted to attend some of it. I have never been to this event before, and it was free for me because I work for the University…
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Imagine the Stress
I read this morning about a doctor who went mad and shot people in a hospital. As a doctor myself, I know that docs have terrible stresses trying to…
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QotD: Body Holds Truth
The truth about our childhood is stored up in our body, and although we can repress it, we can never alter it. Our intellect can be deceived, our…
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Scientific Integrity in Question by Netflix Series
The Union of Concerned Scientists is just that, concerned. They've created a system by which any government-funded scientist can report the…
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Regaining Your Hope, Joy, and Peace of Mind after the Election
I just saw something advertised under that title, and I clicked the link and was disappointed that the page did not come up. I could use some help…
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QotD: Passion cannot alter evidence
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts…
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