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user43928today at 7:04 AM2 repliesview on HN

Are people really going to perform invasive procedures over mere concern if there are no symptoms and the doctor recommends against it?


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icantevenholdtoday at 7:13 AM

People take horse dewormer against COVID so yes they will do all kinds of irrational things

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jibaltoday at 10:18 AM

There are numerous comments here from experienced people addressing this. Yes, that happens and a doctor who dismisses the concern can be sued for malpractice if something actually does show up, so they are put in a difficult position. For some reason you just assume that doctors will recommend against an invasive procedure when there is a positive tomography result.

Review the numerous comments that address this as a statistical issue -- which it very much is when talking about the scale that Midjourney is claiming.