Jordan Peterson claims that physicians who allow patients to speak more during the initial interaction achieve higher diagnostic accuracy.

“one of the markers is the number of words that the patient speaks compared to the number of words the physician speaks in the first 15 minutes of their interaction. and the more words the patient speaks the higher the diagnostic accuracy of the physician.”

Medical organizations promoting youth gender transition are falsely labeling their consensus-based approach as evidence-based medicine.

“It's all consensus based, but they they portray it as evidence-based, but that actually it has a specific meaning and they're really misleading the public by representing it that way.”

Dax argues that many claims spread on social media lack scientific backing and are merely intuitive connections made by people without foundational studies.

“what I'm suggesting is that things that are viral on podcast and Instagram and social media are often things that there's no study. There's no foundational study that they're citing. It's just an intuitive connection they've made.”

Integrative medicine utilizes a sliding scale for evidence where recommendations are evaluated based on both safety and efficacy, requiring less evidence for inherently safe practices like breath work

“In integrative medicine, we sometimes hold what we call a slide in scale for evidence. So for example, you might accept a lesser amount of evidence. If your recommendation is for breath work, you'd want a lot more evidence before you recommended chemotherapy.”