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In the thankfully few times I've had to endure hospitals, I've always been struck by how unbelievable primitive what they're doing actually is. Sure there are s

In the thankfully few times I've had to endure hospitals, I've always been struck by how unbelievable primitive what they're doing actually is. Sure there are some genuine technical miracles (dialasys, pacemakers, etc) but I always get the distinct impression that most of it is window dressing; a kind of theatre to make it seem like they're more in control and much less helpless than they really are.

justinph 14y ago
I've come to the same conclusion. "Modern" medicine is just marginal assistance to your body's own healing mechanisms.
- majorlazer 14y ago
  I sometimes begin to think the same way, and then I remember about these: http://futurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/oscar-pistorius2.jpg http://futurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/oscar-pistori... http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/artificial-heart-abiocor-hand.jpg http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/artificial-heart-abiocor-hand.j... https://www.23andme.com/ https://www.23andme.com/ http://www.guadalupemed.com/images/xray.jpg http://www.guadalupemed.com/images/xray.jpg http://www.eyeclinicpc.com/lasik/lasik%20steps1.jpg http://www.eyeclinicpc.com/lasik/lasik%20steps1.jpg http://www.piersondental.com/Portals/22078/images/rootcanal%20(1).jpg http://www.piersondental.com/Portals/22078/images/rootcanal%... http://www.bismarckfamilydental.com/dental-implants-bismarck-north-dakota-nd/images/dentalimplants.jpg http://www.bismarckfamilydental.com/dental-implants-bismarck... http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/staticresources/health/images/ear_coch.jpg http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/staticresources/health/images/ear_c... http://emedtravel.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/brain-mri-1.jpg http://emedtravel.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/brain-mri-1.jp... And that's just off the top of my head. I think modern medicine has advanced a lot more than we give it credit for. I know a lot of hackers tend to compare other industries to the tech field, and expect everything to advance at a rate like Moore's law, but that just isn't feasible in most fields.

justinph 14y ago

I've come to the same conclusion. "Modern" medicine is just marginal assistance to your body's own healing mechanisms.

majorlazer 14y ago
I sometimes begin to think the same way, and then I remember about these: http://futurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/oscar-pistorius2.jpg http://futurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/oscar-pistori... http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/artificial-heart-abiocor-hand.jpg http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/artificial-heart-abiocor-hand.j... https://www.23andme.com/ https://www.23andme.com/ http://www.guadalupemed.com/images/xray.jpg http://www.guadalupemed.com/images/xray.jpg http://www.eyeclinicpc.com/lasik/lasik%20steps1.jpg http://www.eyeclinicpc.com/lasik/lasik%20steps1.jpg http://www.piersondental.com/Portals/22078/images/rootcanal%20(1).jpg http://www.piersondental.com/Portals/22078/images/rootcanal%... http://www.bismarckfamilydental.com/dental-implants-bismarck-north-dakota-nd/images/dentalimplants.jpg http://www.bismarckfamilydental.com/dental-implants-bismarck... http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/staticresources/health/images/ear_coch.jpg http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/staticresources/health/images/ear_c... http://emedtravel.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/brain-mri-1.jpg http://emedtravel.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/brain-mri-1.jp... And that's just off the top of my head. I think modern medicine has advanced a lot more than we give it credit for. I know a lot of hackers tend to compare other industries to the tech field, and expect everything to advance at a rate like Moore's law, but that just isn't feasible in most fields.