Everyone who has worked in the primary health care filed knows that so many people BELIEVE that they NEED antibiotic for the treatment of their common cold. It’s sometimes hard to make the right decision in this regard: On one hand, science tells you that antibiotics have no effect whatsoever on the self-limited viral disease [...]
Archive for July, 2007
On Scientific Rationality (2)
July 21, 2007On Scientific Rationality (1)
July 15, 2007There are several reasons why people are not rational; staying rational is sometimes tough; is not always mentally accessible, can be depressing …. Then should it be considered abnormal when we sometimes act irrationally? My answer is NO! Or would it be even better if we always acted rationally? Again my answer is NO! First [...]
