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		bo1024 on Oct 28, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why aren't we doing the math? Except that doctors actually do have to evaluate information like this all the time, and how they evaluate it determines what type of treatment they choose.

mertd on Oct 29, 2012 [–]

Same goes for diagnosis, which is basically finding the maximum likelihood culprit, given the evidence (symptoms, patient history, age, gender).

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