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But the complete failure to consider the possibility that I might also be intelligent, educated, and able to understand the applicable research just because my

But the complete failure to consider the possibility that I might also be intelligent, educated, and able to understand the applicable research just because my day job isn't in medicine immediately disqualifies a doctor for me. I agree, but this has happened less and less as I have gotten older. I'm not sure if there is newer training, or they just give me the benefit of the doubt because I'm a decade older than them. Either way, I have found that older doctors are more likely to talk down to me, even when they clearly do not know what they're talking about.

didericis 5y ago
This is an overgeneralization, but I’ve experienced this most often with affluent baby boomers, across all disciplines. I don’t think it’s purely an age gap issue, as I generally don’t get that sense from generations older than baby boomers. It could have less to do with your age and more to do with baby boomers aging out of the workforce. The most arrogant and least approachable managers, teachers, doctors, etc I’ve encountered always seem to be from that generation. Maybe I’m just a “spoiled millennial”… this kind of generational generalization is almost definitely unproductive, but I can’t help myself from thinking it has some validity.