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Doctors like to think they are among the most technology-avid people in society. In fact, my experience with doctors (coming from a place where I worked closel

Doctors like to think they are among the most technology-avid people in society. In fact, my experience with doctors (coming from a place where I worked closely with them specifically on IT matters) is that doctors believe that because they're good at medicine that they are good at everything, specifically making good business decisions and understanding and correctly using technology.

rscho 6y ago
This is the same with lots of professions. Software developers are also like that, and this can be verified every day on this very forum.
- deleted 6y ago
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- risyachka 6y ago
  True, I am a software developer and I am just like that! But I am trying to fight it really hard.
- Cthulhu_ 6y ago
  I like to think I've gotten over myself pretty fast and will now freely admit that I know nothing and suck at everything. Tongue-in-cheek of course, there's no need to downplay your own abilities and knowledge. But if anything, I'm no longer feeling like I'm missing out in the rat race. I'm missing out on the whole AI / machine learning thing but that's all right because it just doesn't pique my interest.
- throwaway0a5e 6y ago
  Damn near every time a subject that isn't software that I have good personal knowledge of comes up there's I notice a few big grayed out walls of well thought out and nuanced text. The worst cases seem to be when there's an article (seems like it's always on Medium) about some complicated multi-part technical thing going wrong, a top level comment slings blame around as if they know exactly where to sling it and uses a PopSci understanding of the subject matter to justify it. Then someone who actually knows the relevant industry says "well actually it's a little more nuanced", proceeds to explain and then gets down-voted and flagged for it. Seems like a great way to send the message that technical knowledge and experience is not welcome here if it's going to go against whatever the convenient narrative is. What it definitely doesn't do is instill trust in comments about things I am less familiar in.
  - pnutjam 6y ago
    Nobody wants to hear from the guy who admits he doesn't know everything. They want the opinion from the guy who is still on mount stupid and knows just enough to think he know everything about the subject. He sounds more confident.
wmeredith 6y ago
> doctors believe that because they're good at medicine that they are good at everything Reminds me of hackers :P
- soonix 6y ago
  Iurisprudentia est scientia omnium rerum, humanorum atque divinarum jurisprudence is the science of everything, both human and divine :-)
tomc1985 6y ago
We are all stupid. Every single one of us. There is not a single human being on this planet that is truly "smart"
- throwaway98797 6y ago
  Doctors are encouraged to communicate with certainty. Breeds? Selects? For arrogance. Other professions apperciate and display uncertainty. Most scientists speak of confidence intervals.
  - rscho 6y ago
    The most pretentious people I ever met are scientists. Mathematicians, specifically. You are being unfair. Show offs are found everywhere, and all in all docs are not particularly worse than many others such as scientists, economists, CEOs, whatever...
- alexanderdmitri 6y ago
  I don't know, I think we are all smart. Every single one of us. There are a few exceptions, but nearly all human beings on this planet are truly "smart" compared to all other known, non-human beings. Unless this is one of those "everything's weird and 'normal' is particularly weird" arguments. If so I agree that "everything's stupid and therefore it's especially stupid to think anything could be 'smart'"
  - pc86 6y ago
    > nearly all human beings on this planet are truly "smart" compared to all other known, non-human beings. This is like telling someone in poverty "well you're actually in the top 1% of worldwide income, and the top 0.1% of all-time worldwide income, so things are pretty great!" It's true, but it's a useless thing to say.
- arethuza 6y ago
  In my experience it's usually very intelligent people who manage to display moments of epic weapons-grade stupidity - usually through sheer hubris.
billfruit 6y ago
Not exactly related, is it that perhaps doctors are one of the major professions where there is not much of an audit or continuous review of outcomes once they are appointed? Perhaps there needs to be some type of continuous formal evaluation system as is applied to airline pilots.

rscho 6y ago

This is the same with lots of professions. Software developers are also like that, and this can be verified every day on this very forum.

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risyachka 6y ago
True, I am a software developer and I am just like that! But I am trying to fight it really hard.
Cthulhu_ 6y ago
I like to think I've gotten over myself pretty fast and will now freely admit that I know nothing and suck at everything. Tongue-in-cheek of course, there's no need to downplay your own abilities and knowledge. But if anything, I'm no longer feeling like I'm missing out in the rat race. I'm missing out on the whole AI / machine learning thing but that's all right because it just doesn't pique my interest.
throwaway0a5e 6y ago
Damn near every time a subject that isn't software that I have good personal knowledge of comes up there's I notice a few big grayed out walls of well thought out and nuanced text. The worst cases seem to be when there's an article (seems like it's always on Medium) about some complicated multi-part technical thing going wrong, a top level comment slings blame around as if they know exactly where to sling it and uses a PopSci understanding of the subject matter to justify it. Then someone who actually knows the relevant industry says "well actually it's a little more nuanced", proceeds to explain and then gets down-voted and flagged for it. Seems like a great way to send the message that technical knowledge and experience is not welcome here if it's going to go against whatever the convenient narrative is. What it definitely doesn't do is instill trust in comments about things I am less familiar in.
- pnutjam 6y ago
  Nobody wants to hear from the guy who admits he doesn't know everything. They want the opinion from the guy who is still on mount stupid and knows just enough to think he know everything about the subject. He sounds more confident.

wmeredith 6y ago

> doctors believe that because they're good at medicine that they are good at everything Reminds me of hackers :P

soonix 6y ago
Iurisprudentia est scientia omnium rerum, humanorum atque divinarum jurisprudence is the science of everything, both human and divine :-)

tomc1985 6y ago

We are all stupid. Every single one of us. There is not a single human being on this planet that is truly "smart"

throwaway98797 6y ago
Doctors are encouraged to communicate with certainty. Breeds? Selects? For arrogance. Other professions apperciate and display uncertainty. Most scientists speak of confidence intervals.
- rscho 6y ago
  The most pretentious people I ever met are scientists. Mathematicians, specifically. You are being unfair. Show offs are found everywhere, and all in all docs are not particularly worse than many others such as scientists, economists, CEOs, whatever...
alexanderdmitri 6y ago
I don't know, I think we are all smart. Every single one of us. There are a few exceptions, but nearly all human beings on this planet are truly "smart" compared to all other known, non-human beings. Unless this is one of those "everything's weird and 'normal' is particularly weird" arguments. If so I agree that "everything's stupid and therefore it's especially stupid to think anything could be 'smart'"
- pc86 6y ago
  > nearly all human beings on this planet are truly "smart" compared to all other known, non-human beings. This is like telling someone in poverty "well you're actually in the top 1% of worldwide income, and the top 0.1% of all-time worldwide income, so things are pretty great!" It's true, but it's a useless thing to say.
arethuza 6y ago
In my experience it's usually very intelligent people who manage to display moments of epic weapons-grade stupidity - usually through sheer hubris.

billfruit 6y ago

Not exactly related, is it that perhaps doctors are one of the major professions where there is not much of an audit or continuous review of outcomes once they are appointed? Perhaps there needs to be some type of continuous formal evaluation system as is applied to airline pilots.