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nickjj ◴[] No.25826835[source]
That was a fun read. I wish the author mentioned how much he was trying to sell the service for. It could have been $59 a month or $599 a month and with doctors you could potentially expect the same answer.

I'm not a psychologist but some of the author's quoted text came off extremely demeaning in written form. If the author happens to read this, did you really say those things directly to them?

For example, Susan (psychologist) was quoted as saying:

> "Oh sure! I mean, I think in many cases I'll just prescribe what I normally do, since I'm comfortable with it. But you know it's possible that sometimes I'll prescribe something different, based on your metastudies."

To which you replied:

> "And that isn't worth something? Prescribing better treatments?"

Imagine walking into the office of someone who spent the last ~10 years at school and then potentially 20 years practicing their craft as a successful psychologist and then you waltz in and tell them what they prescribe is wrong and your automated treatment plan is better.

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webel0 ◴[] No.25827796[source]
> Imagine walking into the office of someone who spent the last ~10 years at school and then potentially 20 years practicing their craft as a successful psychologist and then you waltz in and tell them what they prescribe is wrong and your automated treatment plan is better.

As I understand it, this is exactly what new pharmaceutical sales reps are asked to do?

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1. preommr ◴[] No.25829531[source]
No, the sales rep is selling the outcome of the knowledge of the medical experts within the company.

In the same way the author was selling the outcome of the knowledge of their algorithm.

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2. CRConrad ◴[] No.25832959[source]
The author was selling the outcome of the knowledge of many expert medical researchers, as summarised by the author's algorithm.

As opposed to the sales rep and the medical experts within the sales rep's company, neither the author nor his algorithm have any obvious direct incentive to recommend one medication over another.