William Of Ockham
2009 March 11
If the explanation of any phenomenon should make as few assumptions as possible, eliminating those that make no difference in the observable predictions of the explanatory hypothesis or theory, why do I have a letter in my hand from a urology nurse specialist saying she does not think my patients’ weight loss and raised ESR are due to his prostate cancer?
I assume that question is rhetorical?
(If it isn’t, I suspect the clue is in the job title: it has the word “nurse” in it. Not as much lateral thinking instilled by years of training as certian other professions, generally those with the word “medical” in them.)