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I wonder if he would be unhappy if a surgeon operated on him without washing their hands?
by arethuza 8y ago
I wonder if he would be unhappy if a surgeon operated on him without washing their hands?
- ben_w 8y agoGiven how surgeons responded to the first person to demonstrate that surgeons washing their hands significantly reduced patient mortality, I would be unsurprised if he insisted on them not washing their hands. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Semmelweis https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Semmelweis
- AstralStorm 8y agoShort version: people like theories more than data. Theories provide for compartmentalization and when no theory is offered, reproducible data is often ignored. Killing the messenger with bad news has a long tradition. Especially if it's bad news for everyone.