But I fail to see how a single profession could be so much more complex then say quantum physicist Because if a quantum physicist fails, all they've done is wa

But I fail to see how a single profession could be so much more complex then say quantum physicist Because if a quantum physicist fails, all they've done is waste money. If a doctor fails, then you're looking at patients in pain or even dead. Let's say you have a conversation with your doctor and your string theorist: which would you prefer to not be wrong? In medicine, it's difficult to get a do-over. If your surgery ends up in necrotic tissue in your patient's leg, that's it, no more leg. If your quantum physics experiment is wrong... try again. Even finding for the null hypothesis is technically a win. Also, as someone who has straddled both physics and biology, I find that these kind of comments that downplay the difficulty and complexity of medicine to be patronising. The human body is ridiculously complex; physics ain't the only game in town that needs smart people.