• obvs
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    5 hours ago

    Counterpoint:

    I diagnosed myself with something pretty significant using the internet, and then I went to get evaluated, and my suspicions were confirmed.

    This would prevent a lot of good, in addition to preventing some bad.

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      3 hours ago

      I diagnosed myself

      using the internet

      I’m going to assume you researched medical documents, studies, and journals to link things together, and not ask a chat bot “My foot hurts, what is wrong?”

      You’re smart enough to self diagnose yourself with readily available information to the public, but not smart enough to not know the difference between that and a chat bot. That’s remarkable.