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Ep 130: Steven Pinker’s ”Rationality” Ch 6 ”Risk and Reward” (Rational Choice & Expected Utility). Analysis.

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Is It Worth Undergoing These Scans for Prostate Specific Andigen Testing?

Is it worth undergoing these scans for overin cancer or, in case of the prostrate, canser for prostate specific andigen testing? When you get false positives, and then people have unnecessary procedures which put them at a risk. This is why simply considering the numbers is, on its own, insufficient basis for making a decision. You need to sit down with your doctor, a number of doctors, and come to a decision based upon your best understanding of what the heck is going on. It's not about betting on things. It's about understanding what's happening,. The statistics like that are very, very important to know, that these scans often result in false positives. Dont now

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