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[–] Dortex 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago 

I don't think we have to be scientists in order to learn what a sound, rigourously-controlled study looks like or what its results suggest.

Sure, but you'd at least need mentorship to grasp the concepts. Not just any moron can look at even a condensed dataset and immediately spot the problems with it. It takes a special moron to do that. Quick quiz. Don't Google this: What's p-hacking? If you didn't know off the top of your head, you can vaguely see at least one reason you don't just jump into it unaided.

I also wouldn't necessarily need to be a doctor in order to know how one condition or another should be treated...honestly,

Well, sure, for the most part. Most diseases aren't lethal or even debilitating. But if your kid gets Trichinosis, you proceed at his peril.