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PSA is not fool proof test, and is susceptible to false positives. A substantial fraction of men, in the 40+% range have prostate cancer at death. The treatments for it can be painful and have long recoveries, so there's not obvious solutions.


Believe me, we noticed that clearly at the time.


More SMS spam about my overdue toll?


Ploughing a field is a very different activity than moving material from one place to another.


And even moving material from one place to another differs so much depending on what material it is. There are very good reasons for so many shovel designs existing.


How many people with polio do you know? What’s her explanation of why polio almost disappeared after everyone was vaccinated? Couching a bunch of BS in “if she’s right” makes you sound like a shill.


Wow. Talk about zero situational awareness.


Ah, an economist from George Mason. Say no more. I expect he has no children due to the negative economic impact of child rearing.



How is the typical person supposed to decide the best path of care? How do you incentivize competition while keeping standards of care up so that people receive good care with highly complex tradeoffs.


Oh sure, but the Catholic Church didn't have to answer to a bunch of analysts whose only skill is fast excel spreadsheeting.


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