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What is something you encounter everyday that is completely divorced from reality? (lemmy.world)

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[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 120 points 3 weeks ago

Stupid doctors. Starting in the medical field, I had this notion that a doctor is this kind of universally intelligent, best-of-humanity kind of person.

Some of them are.

But some of them are absolute dumbasses who happen to have a photographic memory that carried them through med school... Like, full blown trumpanzee, falls for conspiracy theory bullshit, superstitious nutjob, knuckle-dragging, slack-jawed idiot.

It shouldn't be possible. No one who makes it through med school should be mentally capable of instantly plummeting to the rock-bottom of stupid as soon as they step foot outside of their field of study (which fortunately most of those types deliver at least passable quality of care).

[-] weeeeum@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago

I'm not sure if there's any field where everyone is qualified. It seems there is no perfect method for objective qualification, without letting idiots slip through the cracks.

One of the better methods is to have a supervisor watch them in practice, but how do you qualify a supervisor? The whole cycle repeats again

There are some really stupid doctors, scientists, electricians, architects and welders, all of which are occupations where incompetence can have dire consequences.

There are recent cases of flawed scientific papers, used as guidance for procedures (ex: surgery), and causing potentially thousands of deaths.

https://youtu.be/HTlKGKaOQPY?si=2oXTn6UdR0Fuxtgj

Cases like this is what feeds anti science movements and conspiracies. In many circumstances "science" shouldn't be trusted when there is no line between flawed science and good science.

[-] frezik@midwest.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

I do the same with lawyers. Some of the Trump lawyers have been so bad that I question the Bar exam's ability to weed out the worst.

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