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Internet Lets Patients Outlearn Doctors On Rare Conditions

For a relatively rare medical condition, an individual can study hard for a day and come to know more about that specific malady than their general-practitioner doctor, illustrating how the Internet has dramatically increased the availability and usefulness of information to individuals.

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Steven Levitt

Evidence Quote

A day of really hard study about something, and you know a lot about it.

Source

Steven Levitt on Freakonomics and the State of EconomicsEconTalk
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:19:15 AM

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