Article: Dr. Google
Is there anything that people don't use Google for? Googling for a diagnosis.
posted by laura @ 10:38 AM
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Is there anything that people don't use Google for? Googling for a diagnosis.
posted by laura @ 10:38 AM
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It only talks about the correct answer he found, not the 40 million hits he had to slog through or his assistant had to slog through to get the correct answers. It also doesn't explain his search terms and how he came up with them. It's misleading, now everyone thinks they can do the same thing.
The article is misleading in the sense that it states that Google does the diagnosing of disease, which of course it doesn't. Google merely finds articles that describes diseases that match whatever symptoms are searched. If a doctor is searching, fine. The doctor (presumably) has x-rays, blood work, and other test results to use in the search. But a layperson who searches "lower back pain" or "high fever with convulsions" will not get a diagnosis, because almost any given symptom can apply to almost any disorder.
Liz
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