I have seen a growing sentiment on social media that the profession of physical therapy is becoming overly focused on evidence at the expense of empathy, compassion and communication. I believe this to be wholly unsubstantiated and a misguided way to appear more patient centered. The idea that closely adhering to evidence based practice stymies creativity, stunts empathy and promotes a form of clinical autopilot is a false one. Our patients deserve the highest quality care possible and it is evidence that best informs us what that care should actually consist of. Further, the idea that we as a profession follow evidence too closely is thoroughly contradicted by literature assessing our adherence to clinical guidelines, our use of evidence based interventions and the translation of evidence into practice. If we as a profession have a problem with empathy or lack of patient centeredness, it is not because we are following the evidence too closely.