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Surgeon/scientist promoting science in medicine and exposing quackery. Editor of Science-Based Medicine. My opinions do NOT represent those of my employers.

Michigan, USA
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    David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 23 May 2019

    David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted Stu Cameron

    Compartmentalization. It's possible—common, even—to be brilliant at one thing and clueless about everything else. Add to that a dash of hubris plus fundamentalist religion and right wing ideology,and voilà! You have someone like Ben Carson, a brilliant neurosurgeon who's a crank.https://twitter.com/stucam7771/status/1131220789812969472 …

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    How was Ben Carson ever an actual brain surgeon?
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      2. Theo‏ @GenomeFromMars 23 May 2019
        Replying to @gorskon

        "You'll never hear ignorance like a scientist off their topic" was a quote from one of my professors. The confidence one develops after spending so much time learning and discussing their field often lends itself to illusions about how much merit their thoughts on everything have

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      3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 23 May 2019
        Replying to @GenomeFromMars

        Physicians are particularly prone to this, in my experience.

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      2. Muscaria‏ @conazole 23 May 2019
        Replying to @gorskon

        Yeah, I completely agree. That being said, isn't a (brilliant !) neurosurgeon supposed to know what evidence is or isn't, to critically review it, to not do anything unless you can reasonnably expect it to have a favorable risk-benefit ratio, etc. ? One could reasonnably expect

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      3. Muscaria‏ @conazole 23 May 2019
        Replying to @conazole @gorskon

        these qualities to translate (at least partially) to other fields...

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      2. pmu ltd‏ @svtiramisu 23 May 2019
        Replying to @gorskon

        Linus Pauling and vitamin C

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      3. Joe Pierre, MD‏ @psychunseen 24 May 2019
        Replying to @svtiramisu @gorskon

        i remember 20 years ago when i finished residency, i was embarrassed to find how little I knew about the world outside of medicine, whereas my peers were up to speed on politics, economics, & other worldly affairs. i carved out time to learn more; not sure if Ben Carson ever did.

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