What I mean is, just because the person is "actually an MD" doesn't mean the person has expertise in this specific area yet the person is using it to claim such. I.E. some might call me a computer scientist, but that doesn't mean I have enough expertise in machine learning, a sub-discipline, to say definitively that the OP's idea about using full body scan data is feasible.
Should I have started my post "I am actually a computer scientist." No, right? That would be an appeal to authority that doesn't prove I know anything about what I'm talking about. Now, if the person had started with "I am a radiologist who has looked at empirical data about full body scans versus more selective scans." that would be a more useful and valid statement.
Should I have started my post "I am actually a computer scientist." No, right? That would be an appeal to authority that doesn't prove I know anything about what I'm talking about. Now, if the person had started with "I am a radiologist who has looked at empirical data about full body scans versus more selective scans." that would be a more useful and valid statement.