18 de jul. de 2012

doctors rejected the practice of hand washing because it made no sense to them

The Black Swan (Nassim Nicholas Taleb)
- Highlight Loc. 3911-13  | Added on Monday, December 05, 2011, 07:01 PM

Consider that before we knew of bacteria, and their role in diseases, doctors rejected the practice of hand washing because it made no sense to them, despite the evidence of a meaningful decrease in hospital deaths.