I think it might be good to normalize “just try stuff until they fix your condition” as one of the treatment strategies. I guess it’s a bit ironic that Dr. Spray-n-pray’s indifference toward which pill worked and why seems so epistemically careless, while actually maybe being a correct way to orient towards success when you optimize for luck and have little reliable information.
I think it might be good to normalize “just try stuff until they fix your condition” as one of the treatment strategies. I guess it’s a bit ironic that Dr. Spray-n-pray’s indifference toward which pill worked and why seems so epistemically careless, while actually maybe being a correct way to orient towards success when you optimize for luck and have little reliable information.