{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcuriosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fgo-ahead-google-your-symptoms-DYtr8Bt3","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Go Ahead, Google Your Symptoms","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/ff422b/ff422b34-ab99-4d06-acfc-ba965880d428/709bc856-f597-47f3-9703-7e4be5478083/image.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/709bc856-f597-47f3-9703-7e4be5478083\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Go Ahead, Google Your Symptoms\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Learn about the benefits of Googling symptoms; truly random number generation; and why science is about storytelling.\r\n\r\nGoogling symptoms makes patients better at self-diagnosis by Steffie Drucker\r\nA visit to “Dr. Google” makes patients better at diagnosis. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/bawh-avt032621.php \r\nLevine, D. M., & Mehrotra, A. (2021). Assessment of Diagnosis and Triage in Validated Case Vignettes Among Nonphysicians Before and After Internet Search. JAMA Network Open, 4(3), e213287. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.3287 \r\nWhy this doctor wants you to consult with “Dr. Google” to help diagnose your symptoms. (2021, April). CBC. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-tuesday-edition-1.5969736/why-this-doctor-wants-you-to-consult-with-dr-google-to-help-diagnose-your-symptoms-1.5971609 \r\n\r\nWhy Computers Can Never Generate Truly Random Numbers by Ashley Hamer\r\nMads Haahr. (n.d.). Introduction to Randomness and Random Numbers. Random.org. https://www.random.org/randomness/ \r\nDeMichele, T. (2015, November 21). Computers Can Generate True Random Numbers - Fact or Myth? Fact / Myth. http://factmyth.com/factoids/computers-can-generate-true-random-numbers/ \r\n\r\nAdditional resources from Chanda Prescod-Weinstein:\r\nPick up \"The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, & Dreams Deferred\" on Amazon: https://amzn.to/32JjzDu  \r\nWebsite: http://www.cprescodweinstein.com/ \r\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/IBJIYONGI \r\n\r\nSubscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer. You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY "}