I was rewatching an old video on YouTube and the guy was able to walk again after 10 months of practicing yoga and losing 140 lbs. If no one on earth can exactly predict when someone will die or if they’ll be able to walk again, how and why do doctors come up with these predictions?
https://youtu.be/qX9FSZJu448
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The make predictions based on data from many other patients in the history of medicine with the same or similar conditions. Why? Because people want to know what to expect, a prognosis of their condition.
The problem lies in believing these guesses to be carved in stone somehow—they’re just ‘statistically probable’ outcomes with LOTS of wiggle room. Docs should convey that instead of trying to seem omniscient.
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