pigeons to replace medical professionals

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Malcolm
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Post by Malcolm »

Quality doesn't seem to drop.
When the pigeons were taken as a group, and the choices of the majority tallied for each test, the birds demonstrated 99 percent accuracy in identifying cancer in the tissue sample images.

"They turned out to be extremely good pathologists," Levenson said.
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Check out this birdbrain.
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When I had a condition that was more difficult than "he has a bone sticking out," I learned doctors don't really know shit. Years later when House came on TV I never had a problem forgetting it was fiction.
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