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The article by the radiologist who ate the fruit of the manchineel came up here some weeks ago. Can't believe anyone would consider eating random fruit let alo
by 2muchcoffeeman 10y ago
The article by the radiologist who ate the fruit of the manchineel came up here some weeks ago.
Can't believe anyone would consider eating random fruit let alone a radiologist. You must be pretty smart to become a radiologist right?
- cmdrfred 10y agoThe medical profession appears to reward skill in memorization over novel intelligence. The vast majority of doctors will never work with anything that hasn't been done thousands if not millions of times already. Often when they leave their field the dunning kruger effect takes hold and you have stuff like this happening. The uneducated farm boy won't eat the fruit because he doesn't know anything about it, the radiologist does because he thinks he knows.
- yen223 10y ago> Often when they leave their field the dunning kruger effect takes hold and you have stuff like this happening. For an excellent example of this, see ignorant comments about the medical field on Hacker News.
- DennisP 10y agoThis quote may be a clue to how it happened: > Sadly, the pain was exacerbated by most alcoholic beverages
- 2muchcoffeeman 10y agoI guess alcohol effects people differently. I'm certainly a bit slow when I have too many beers. But I'd never consider just eating random things. But the account of their ordeal seems to be fairly detailed. So they can't have been that drunk!?