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> like a MD A doctor 'invented' calculus in 1994. You don't know whether to admire or regret - the lack of exposure to maths. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
by emmelaich 6y ago
> like a MD
A doctor 'invented' calculus in 1994. You don't know whether to admire or regret - the lack of exposure to maths.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8137688/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8137688/
- godelski 6y agoDoesn't he even cite a calculus book?
- NicolasGorden 6y agoMy comment wasn't, 'doctors don't know math and I'm so smart', but rather the oposite. I was surprise was when I found a doctor who didn't have a firm grasp of basic principals of statistical analysis. And how through my life I've encountered a lot of high level professionals who far exceed me in success, confess to not understanding certain concepts I considered are objectively very basic.
- akovaski 6y agoTo insert a bit of sanity: from a reply by the author, she indicates that she wasn't trying to introduce a novel concept with estimating an area using right trapezoids. I don't have access to the journal, so I can't read her entire comment. https://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/17/10/1225.2 https://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/17/10/1225.2