I almost married a neurologist, who was woefully incapable of helping me deal with my migraines. In my anecdotal experience, doctors really aren't that smart.

I almost married a neurologist, who was woefully incapable of helping me deal with my migraines. In my anecdotal experience, doctors really aren't that smart. They are taught rote memorization instead of critical thinking, and according to my ex, 90% of their job is using something similar to WebMD. And many of the people I grew up with that weren't particularly bright ended up going to med school and becoming doctors. And my ex was definitely terrible at math and physics, although she was competent with biology. There is a notable exception for surgeons though, every one of whom I've met is a badass. Again, this is based on anecdotal experience and I'm sure there are exceptions (or maybe I've just had poor sampling, but the sample size is dozens of people). But I do know that most doctors are not taught how to think, but much more how to follow processes that are incredibly similar to basic computer scripts (if X then Y).