Big Data: a new therapeutic option? Part 2: The end of averaging
All similar, yet so different: the end of averaging Following Part 1: Know thyself 2) All different and yet so similar – the end of “averaging” We are all different from one other. “Each patient is unique” as doctors often say. Each of us is indeed a unique combination of a multitude of genetic, biological, […]
Big Data: a new therapeutic option? Part 1: Know thyself
Does quantified self mean knowing thyself? Would data have therapeutic virtues? Could “Big Data” be a weapon of mass healing? The idea is less absurd than one might think at first glance. The placebo effect is the best illustration thereof: the simple fact of being informed that one is receiving a treatment (regardless of the […]
