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To the Editor: Your editorial in the June 1 issue of the Journal¹ gives an in-depth discussion of differential diagnosis and how it is being taught. I would like to comment on the concept of probability. Corporate executives use probability to make decisions about product development and marketing. Players of the stock market use probability to choose investments and predict price movement.² A knowledge of mathematical probabilities will not make a good poker player, but a total disregard for them will make a bad one.³ Probability is also used implicitly by all physicians when they see patients. A five-year-old complaining . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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