The problem with physicians is that their talents are underutilized. They spend a lot of time on administrative bs and could spend a lot more improving the lives of their patients - but they’re not really trained to handle 21st century health questions.
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01:31 Taking ourselves too seriously
05:22 Quackery and the Health Podcast circuit (MAHA)
09:04 Regulatory Bodies and approval of medicines
11:41 Drugs that don’t work and surgeries that don’t need to be done
14:25 Utilitarian ethics and functional medicine
17:31 Specialization and time constraints in medicine
22:11 Functional Medicine in lieu of Family Medicine
26:42 Algor-icians
30:00 The Role of Doctors in Decision-Making
33:00 Physicians need more ethical training
34:06 The roles we play on social media
35:43 Rohin’s crush on Andrew Huberman
41:29 How COVID-Related Content Proliferated
42:37 The self-fulfilling prophecy of scientific investigation
44:08 Who is still talking about COVID
48:20 Dorks & Psychos
52:15 Science v art people
55:51 Interventions that don’t need evidence
57:27 The False dichotomy of staying in One’s Lane
01:06:21 “Don’t Confuse Your Google Search with My Medical Degree”
01:09:24 Why we need philosophy in medical training
01:12:30 Health Over-Optimization
01:14:00 Existential Medicrisis and Dealing with the Unknown
01:17:01 Big Nerve Question
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