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It's not that I don't believe people can't be trusted with information. I regularly introduce basic diagnostic/statistical concepts to patients to explain why a certain test is needed, and why another would be wasted time and anxiety.

Tools are only effective in their purpose when one knows when and how to use them. Most things are imperfect, or a game of balancing benefits vs. shortcomings.

If a patient learns the potential pitfalls and strengths of a testing method, then I would trust them to apply it judiciously. But a biweekly medical scan you can go to as easily as a spa is not that.

Similarly: data matters, sure, but the quality of the data matters just as much. If the signal to noise ratio is too low then what's the point of gathering it?