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The customer is not always right. Just because the customer wants something or believes something doesn’t make it factually true. This really isn’t about being
by dangus 3y ago
The customer is not always right. Just because the customer wants something or believes something doesn’t make it factually true.
This really isn’t about being a lawful authority trying to buzz-kill society as much as it is about having principles as a doctor. The patient wants a cure to an ailment while their doctor has no evidence of its efficacy.
If I had someone coming into my auto repair shop telling me they didn’t need brakes, they let Jesus take the wheel like they heard in the song, my noncompliance to their request to remove them from their vehicle does not make me a gatekeeper like the Catholic priests you described.
- cnity 3y agoMy original post left too much to the imagination and I realise re-reading it that it appears as an attack on professionalism within science, and possibly even an attack specifically on the parent commenter's friend, and I regret that angle. What I broadly mean is that modern society has done a relatively poor job at helping to produce integrated humans that have the capacity, tools, and know-how to navigate their inner journey. I know this sounds woo to a lot of people here. That the new wave of psychedelic interest is reified as purely medical treatment is a continuation of this trend. That is what I'm trying to articulate. I have a deep suspicion that you can't simply sterilise the transformation at the heart of these experiences.