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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This was the #1 rule I’ve told my kids when they went off to college, don’t just trust what the doctor says.

Listen and discern if it makes sense, do your own research, get a 2nd opinion.

They’ve both learned that doctors are just mediocre humans doing the best they can which is mediocre.

Also, don’t just go to anyone, get recommendations, look at their track record, interview them, don’t worry about their feelings.[/quote]

Doctors are not mediocre humans. They are highly educated, often overworked and underpaid, doing the best they can. Joe the plumber and all the other high school dropouts supporting Trump and the likes are mediocre humans. 50% of this country is mediocre at best, but doctors are not in that half.
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Classist, and some magical thinking. Doctors, being people, have a range of human traits, including mediocrity. You're not magical. If half the country is mediocre, so are half the doctors (which tracks, IME)[/quote]

That would be true if doctors were selected at random from the whole population. Are you not aware that there is an admissions process to even into med school?[/quote]

Med school acceptance means you test well, and you can pay for a college education (and you probably do stimulant drugs). I know a lot of people who bought a college education and should ask for a refund because they clearly didn't learn much. It doesn't make you magically smarter than a plumber; that whole line of thinking is classist. [/quote]

No one is saying that doctors are smarter than plumbers. Hell, I'd say plumbers are far smarter since they can start working debt free at 21, instead of starting at 30 with a quarter million dollars in debt. Better hours, less stress, you don't have to deal with other people...
The point is that you wouldn't ask a doctor to fix your toilet and you wouldn't ask your plumber for medical advice. Doctors are trained in medicine. If you don't think they learn anything in medical school, don't use their services. [/quote]

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