Doctors have specifically been trained not to think critically anymore. Gone are the days when the individual doctor puzzled over his patient using his own judgement.
I have actually had doctors walk into the room and Google my symptoms. And even if they aren’t that obvious it is clear they are merely conduits for the currently popular groupthink.
So much of what passed for science making up that groupthink is just garbage. Their are studies “proving” intermittent fasting causes heart problems that did nothing more than ask random people how often they had missed meals for the last few years. No actual observations, just relying on people’s recollection of what they had been eating. But because it was presented as a scientific study and published now it becomes part of the established groupthink.
“...for the currently popular groupthink.”
It’s not even ‘groupthink’, it’s SpecialInterestThink. They capture our government by a perfectly legal bribery scheme, which is: “Spend 20 years (or maybe less) regulating us ‘nicely’ and you’ll find a very rewarding career with us in the private sector.”
It’s so bad now that even other countries, countries that ALWAYS deferred to us in areas like health, are now making their own assessments and with that, have ELIMINATED something like half of the additives permitted in US food.