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David Kyle Johnson

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736 total appearances

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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

So that has become pretty standard inpatient, but it should be something that you do outpatient.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

If your primary care doctor is not doing it, you should ask them about it.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

Now, it's huge.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

As a specialist, one of my primary concerns with my patients was, do you have a good primary care doctor?

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

It's critical to their care.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

And one that not only you could see when you need to is overall good, but also communicates well with the specialists.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

Because I've also had primary care doctors who stopped medications that I was prescribing for incorrect reasons, because they don't understand.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

Regarding just the overall topic of screening, yes, you have to consider when you're too old to benefit from a screening procedure, because you have to survive long enough to have the benefits.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

It's all risk versus benefit, and the benefits go down when you're not going to live long enough.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

to get the benefit.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

But patients don't like hearing that.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

They, as you might imagine, they don't like, you're not going to live long enough to benefit from this is not something people want to hear.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

So I know you guys have all seen a recent blog post by Dr. Richard Dawkins where he argues that LLMs, specifically Claude, are conscious.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

So it's interesting.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

I blogged about this today because this is a fascinating topic.