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Yes, I think that's much more likely. It's unfortunate, because the reality is that the internet is a wealth of knowledge that in its entirety does trump their own. I just think if you assume that all of the people that gave you and your wife unsolicited advice, and more, are in there day in and day out, barraging that physician, they're probably apathetic. They are probably not equipped to recognize that your particular article might actually be relevant.


Why would you assume that a physician is unable to recognize the relevance of a study in their field?


I should have clarified that I meant that they're not equipped to consistently discern based off of patient interactions alone, which of the things their patients are telling them things that they read from credible journals vs which of the things they read from Elsweyr.




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