This is great, and so thought-provoking that it makes my brain ache as I set off down all the rabbit holes which you have so lucidly pointed out. As a young vet, I used "pattern recognition" all the time to aid in diagnosis but nowadays such reflex activity is shunned in favour of "evidence based medicine". It is high time we acknowledged the similarities between the oracles of ancient history and our modern day Google results. "There are more things in heaven and Earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy..." Happy New Year, and may you have all the strength of the Tiger to see you through 2022.
This is great, and so thought-provoking that it makes my brain ache as I set off down all the rabbit holes which you have so lucidly pointed out. As a young vet, I used "pattern recognition" all the time to aid in diagnosis but nowadays such reflex activity is shunned in favour of "evidence based medicine". It is high time we acknowledged the similarities between the oracles of ancient history and our modern day Google results. "There are more things in heaven and Earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy..." Happy New Year, and may you have all the strength of the Tiger to see you through 2022.