Enduring Pain for Useless Information

Today, you’ll learn about the pain people will endure to avoid uncertainty, a possible link between nearsightedness and education, and a social media app that is helping improve the accuracy of doctors’ diagnosis decisions. 

Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/pain-of-uncertainty-nearsightedness-doctors-join-forces

Pain of Uncertainty 

• “Humans will trade pain for useless information.” by Phie Jacobs. 2023.
  • https://www.science.org/content/article/humans-will-trade-pain-useless-informatin
• “Monkeys are curious about counterfactual outcomes.” by Maya Zhe Wang and Benjamin Hayden. 2019.
  • https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332082380_Monkeys_are_curious_about_counterfactual_outcomes

Nearsightedness

• “The Causal Effect of Education on Myopia: Evidence That More Exposure to Schooling, Rather Than Increased Age, Causes the Onset of Myopia.” by Xiaohu Ding, et al. 2023.
  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10132316/
• “Myopia: A close look at efforts to turn back a growing problem.” NIH. 2017, ‘
  • https://www.nei.nih.gov/about/news-and-events/news/myopia-close-look-efforts-turn-back-growing-problem

Doctors Join Forces

• “Experimental evidence for structured information-sharing networks reducing medical errors.” by Damon Centola, et al. 2023.
  • https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2108290120
• “One way to reduce medical errors? Connect doctors with other doctors.” University of Pennsylvania. 2023.
  • https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/996099

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