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"I wouldn't want the best surgeon in the world using a clotheshanger and a steak knife, though." I'd prefer that over being operated on by a monkey in a fully
by pwk 18y ago
"I wouldn't want the best surgeon in the world using a clotheshanger and a steak knife, though."
I'd prefer that over being operated on by a monkey in a fully stocked OR.
The surgeon will probably know enough to correctly weigh the risk of doing surgery with poor tools against not doing surgery at all.
- william42 18y agoThey wouldn't let a monkey into a fully stocked OR unless it was the one being operated on. By the time you reach the level of competence to be allowed to operate an OR, the tools probably end up mattering more than individual variance in ability.