I’ve noticed this tendency in engineers.https://twitter.com/evolutionarypsy/status/1380489775812071424 …
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David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted Emily Deans MD
I’ve noticed this tendency in engineers.https://twitter.com/evolutionarypsy/status/1380489775812071424 …
David Gorski, MD, PhD added,
In fairness, there is definitely an element of this among physicians, particularly procedure-oriented physicians. Most physicians are not scientists, no matter how much many of them imagine themselves to be one. I learned this contrasting my PhD and postdoc training with medicine
Yep. I’ve met plenty of body mechanics. A urologist tried to tell me in a pig lab that the reason they used pigs was because they were anatomically most similar. I said “well, other than chimps, but that would be unethical” He disagreed because he didn’t believe in evolution
Yeah, I've come across all too many creationist physicians (and medical students). I used to blog about them regularly. For example, there was the neurosurgeon Dr. Michael Egnor 14 years ago...https://respectfulinsolence.com/2007/03/29/dr-michael-egnor-swings/ …
Then there was this young earth creationist medical student whom I encountered 15 years ago. I wonder where she ended up, since she must now be well into her career as a physician.https://respectfulinsolence.com/2006/04/26/our-young-earth-creationist/ …
As an aside, looking up these posts about the creationist neurosurgeon (who's still at it) and the young earth creationist medical student not only depressed me because of the physicians believing in nonsense but because of how old the posts are. Damn, I'm old...
If my spouse complains about getting older, I often reply that "It sure beats the alternative."
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