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With all due respect, being a combat soldier and being a doctor are not the same thing. I was a combat soldier and I have tremendous respect for doctors and the
by chacham15 13y ago
With all due respect, being a combat soldier and being a doctor are not the same thing. I was a combat soldier and I have tremendous respect for doctors and the difficult work that they do. There is a difference in the two jobs, however. The critical difference lies in those moments when you need to perform. What is on the line is your life and those of your friends, every single time you go out. There are people who sort of turn off their minds, but that is bad. Their reactions are dull and they are not thinking about possible ambushes (or mistakes that they can make). The state that you are in at that moment in time, you arent really thinking about what you had for breakfast or that you are looking forward to that steak when you get back.
- jacques_chester 13y agoI think he was talking about the formation of camraderie through specific shared pleasant experiences under general conditions of very high stress. Social groups like soldiers, ICU teams, police paramilitary units, firefighters and so forth tend to have similar social psychology dynamics. A good book to read on decision-making under extreme conditions is Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions by Gary Klein.
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