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by ZeroGravitas 1543 days ago
What's the probability you are optimising though? That you as a rich person can get access to the artificially limited supply of <good thing>? Or that society in general gets access to <good thing>?

America has a stereotype that British people have bad teeth. They also have a stereotype that poor American "hillbillies" have even worse teeth. The stats suggest that on average the Brits have better teeth but I'd guess Dentists can make more money by moving from there to the country with the worse teeth on average and helping the Americans with good teeth have even better teeth.

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> What's the probability you are optimising though?

The probably of me or my kids receiving a correct diagnosis.

To clarify, my intention was to specifically respond to

> Why the assumption that they're worse?

I have others views on healthcare credentialing on a societal scale.