Dr. Aseem Malhotra

And the reason I call it tyrannical is because there are doctors that know this, Mark.

There are a few doctors that kind of know this, but then they're less, they're afraid to speak out.

And only a minority of the doctors that know what's going on will then speak out.

Absolutely.

And then, of course, there's a psychological side of it as well, because as human beings...

You know, they say changing one's mind is one of the most, you know, emotionally traumatic things a human being can go through.

Right.

And that's where you need humility.

Right.

Um, John Kenneth Calbraith, the Canadian American economist said, face with the choice between changing one's mind and proving there's no reason to do so.

Almost everybody gets busy on the proof.

Yeah.

So for the medical profession, we need to have also more humility.

I mean, one of the interesting, like there's, there's a great, um, there's a great YouTube, uh, channel called afterschool, which I watch.

few times it's brilliant it goes through like ancient wisdom and philosophy and psychology and it says uh one of their titles you should look this up mark you'll love it why do intelligent people believe stupid things

And the answer is, and well, because, um, our intelligence evolved, not for seeking objective truth, but more about belonging to a tribe, you know, for personal gain, whatever else.

So what is it?

What do we need to break out of that?

There are two characteristics in the human being that are most important for you to think outside the box and be willing to change your mind and not being afraid of it.

One is humility.