Peter Attia· MD
the Bayesian idea that when you hear hooves think horses not zebras famous medical tenets hoof beats outside your window are likely to be horses they're very unlikely to be zebras
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
the Bayesian idea that when you hear hooves think horses not zebras famous medical tenets hoof beats outside your window are likely to be horses they're very unlikely to be zebras
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you start to think of the zebras more than the horses all the time you know like you know what I'm referring to right now you know you see Footprints you you see hoof prints you should think of horses but of course medical students you only think of the zebras