Dr. Aseem Malhotra
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So there's a debate and discussion because ultimately people... Like myself, like you, who are obsessed with the truth, who want to get it out to help patients. When we speak and act from a place of integrity and truth, it has a very powerful resonance with people. And it can very quickly destroy all these other dogmas that people have created because of that power that the truth has.
So there's a debate and discussion because ultimately people... Like myself, like you, who are obsessed with the truth, who want to get it out to help patients. When we speak and act from a place of integrity and truth, it has a very powerful resonance with people. And it can very quickly destroy all these other dogmas that people have created because of that power that the truth has.
They want that conflict to remain latent, to remain hidden. So that, you know, Noam Chomsky says the general public doesn't know what's happening and they don't even know that they don't know. That's right. Right.
They want that conflict to remain latent, to remain hidden. So that, you know, Noam Chomsky says the general public doesn't know what's happening and they don't even know that they don't know. That's right. Right.
They want that conflict to remain latent, to remain hidden. So that, you know, Noam Chomsky says the general public doesn't know what's happening and they don't even know that they don't know. That's right. Right.
So a lot of these doctors, and I agree, are well-intentioned, but they don't, they're living, you know, in many ways they're living, they're climbing up the wrong wall to success when it comes to helping patients. Because it's the drug companies that are really calling the shots. So we are under a situation of tyranny. And the reason I call it tyrannical is
So a lot of these doctors, and I agree, are well-intentioned, but they don't, they're living, you know, in many ways they're living, they're climbing up the wrong wall to success when it comes to helping patients. Because it's the drug companies that are really calling the shots. So we are under a situation of tyranny. And the reason I call it tyrannical is
So a lot of these doctors, and I agree, are well-intentioned, but they don't, they're living, you know, in many ways they're living, they're climbing up the wrong wall to success when it comes to helping patients. Because it's the drug companies that are really calling the shots. So we are under a situation of tyranny. And the reason I call it tyrannical is
It's because there are doctors that know this, Mark. There are a few doctors that kind of know this, but then they're afraid to speak out. And only a minority of the doctors that know what's going on will then speak out.
It's because there are doctors that know this, Mark. There are a few doctors that kind of know this, but then they're afraid to speak out. And only a minority of the doctors that know what's going on will then speak out.
It's because there are doctors that know this, Mark. There are a few doctors that kind of know this, but then 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?
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?
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?
John Kenneth Calbraith, the Canadian-American economist, said, faced 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.
John Kenneth Calbraith, the Canadian-American economist, said, faced 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.
John Kenneth Calbraith, the Canadian-American economist, said, faced 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 a, there's a great, um, there's a great YouTube, uh, channel called after school, which I watch a 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?
I mean, one of the interesting, like there's a, there's a great, um, there's a great YouTube, uh, channel called after school, which I watch a 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?
I mean, one of the interesting, like there's a, there's a great, um, there's a great YouTube, uh, channel called after school, which I watch a 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?