[terminalshort]

Technology can fix plenty. I have narcolepsy and was able to diagnose myself after multiple doctors had failed, and luckily I finally found a specialist in narcolepsy who could actually confirm it. Wouldn't be possible without Google (which any of those docotors could have used but didn't). I would probably still be searching for a doctor to actually do his job. Technology can solve plenty of problems. What we need to do is get the doctors out of the loop.

[sarchertech]

And for every person who correctly diagnoses themselves despite at odds with what a doctor is telling them, you have 10 people undergoing unnecessary, dangerous treatments because the misdiagnosed themselves.

[kelvinjps10]

So you think with just technology, using something like Google or AI, you would be able to correctly self-diagnose with the "doctors out of the loop"?

[terminalshort]

I was in my case (and I didn't even have AI back then) after multiple doctors failed miserably. Of course I needed to get the actual doctor diagnosis to get insurance to pay for my treatment, but that's bureaucracy, not medical science.

[in_cahoots]

I didn't say that technology won't fix anything, merely that it won't fix everything.