#IGoogledMySymptoms and it turns out Google is a better diagnostician than any doctor I've seen. #daunting much?

Doctors do not understand pathology unless they have had pathological training. They also do not understand pharmacology. It's like asking a database engineer to fix your video display.

I'm not saying we should use it like that now but I'm pointing out how Big Data in a complex input pulled together and output a cogent result. Data is not knowledge. It informs.