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The field of Medicine is oustanding today, heavily regulated and with gate-keeping via certified training programs.

Here is a look at how the field looked like when there weren’t any regulations, with the specific example of the United States in the 19th-century. It’s not pretty – to say the least.

Is that were the “we’ve had enough of experts” (and of regulatory agencies) crowd would like to go back to?

#history #HistoryOfMedicine #medicine

Countercover, with a summary highlighting the negative impact and abuse of the poor and any minorities.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Nice binary strawman.

Isn't one fallacy about trusting "experts"? Science isn't about trusting "experts" but about demonstrable evidence.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Science is about trusting experts (in part). You do not have the time or capacity to be an expert on all the things. Scientists get really into one specific topic. They become experts, and we should listen to people who have spent their lives studying topics.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

@BearOfaTime Demonstrable evidence falling into trained ears that can understand statistics, math, physics, chemistry – at least at an entry level.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

@[email protected] Amen to that! Trust is lost tho when officials do dirty things, like open labs in countries that are unregulated,because they're not allowed to do some things here.