It is not only doctors who implicitly trust technology, patients also do. When an experienced doctor tells a patient she has breast cancer, and must undergo immediate surgery, the patient's response is: "Shouldn't you do some tests?" As technology advances, people have less tolerance for error. When illness strikes, people worry: Does a doctor really know what the problem is?
奉儀器為圭臬的不只是醫生，病人也差不多，當經驗豐富的醫生告訴病人罹患乳癌需立即動手術時，病人的反應是：「你不需要先做一些檢查嗎？」