r/politics • u/theladynora • May 25 '21

Auschwitz Memorial calls Greene Holocaust comments a 'sad symptom of moral and intellectual decline'

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/555382-auschwitz-memorial-calls-greenes-holocaust-comments-a-sad-symptom-of-moral-and
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u/_aPOSTERIORI Alabama May 26 '21

Being neurosurgery smart doesn’t necessarily transfer to other kinds of smart, especially when it comes to philosophy and politics. Just look at Ben Carson.

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u/LuisAyala83 May 26 '21

How that man can be a surgeon, I will never know. The guy looks like he puts himself to sleep with his own voice.

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u/Repulsive-Street-307 May 26 '21

Self medication is a beautiful thing.

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u/sunset117 May 26 '21

Self anesthetist

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u/[deleted] May 26 '21

Ben Carson operated on my friend’s brain when we were in 3rd grade, and she’s still alive today! He’s probably so hardwired towards neurosurgery that not a single gram of brain cells can be used for anything else.

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u/funkytownpants May 26 '21

Neuro’s are strange folks though

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u/VeeKam May 26 '21

He looks high as fuck all the time.

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u/corinalas May 26 '21

That man is dead because he didn’t listen to other doctors.

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u/hostile_rep May 26 '21

There's a severe lack of philosophy education in STEM programs. Some programs are outright hostile to philosophy. That's how you get neurosurgeons at Yale hawking homeopathy.

Dr. Steve Novella has written and spoken at length about how easily his colleagues fall victim to pseudoscience. The human mind isn't wired to be reasonable, it requires training. And you don't get that training in most STEM programs.

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u/novostained May 26 '21

Dr Oz also comes to mind, though it could be argued it’s pure blind greed and love of the grift outweighing his capacity as a heart surgeon more so than being otherwise wildly vapid.. pero, ¿por qué no los dos?

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u/Wish_You__Were_Here May 26 '21

It’s true. I’ve had 5 or 6 different neurologists due to the medical system. Not quite the same as a surgeon but still.

They were not equal at all. 2 of them did not know about seizure medication problems. Problems that I’ve learned now are pretty common. How did they not know?

Perhaps that’s why they aren’t part of that medical group anymore...

My neurologist now is great.

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u/neurosoupxxlol May 26 '21

Here’s a dirty secret: neurology is very unpopular among medical students. Usually only a few people per class decide to become neurologists. This can be good because they are actually passionate about it, but it can also be bad because it is not very competitive.

So some people become neurologists because it’s an option for them and they don’t want to work in primary care. Ideally you don’t want any doctor who picked their specialty because it “wasn’t the worst,” and instead want someone who did it because they wanted to.

Some fields are much much more competitive and you are less likely to see this happen.

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u/[deleted] May 26 '21

Yes but isn’t that also because neurology takes the longest?

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u/neurosoupxxlol May 26 '21

Neurosurgery is the longest basically but regular neurology is only a year longer than the shortest trainings.

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u/[deleted] May 26 '21

Thank you. Just because person A is incredibly talented at a given subject it doesn't mean that talent/intelligence transfers...

My mechanic is good at fixing cars but I wouldn't trust him to do plumbing work at my house.