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Old 09-27-2007, 10:24 AM
Brian Carlton Brian Carlton is offline
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Originally Posted by zeke View Post
That's funny - I am a scientist, and the way we tend to feel about medical doctors compared with ourselves is EXACTLY the same!

We mull and mull and come up with a conclusion we are pretty comfortable with - doctors never let the facts get in the way of a good theory

If you think about it, the two situations (scientist ->doctor & engineer->mechanic) are pretty parallel.
You're going to love this:

Many times I challenge the doctor.........the symptoms don't add up to the diagnosis which he's very quickly provided.

"You're not a doctor"...........becomes the favored expression and its put forth with the typical condescension characteristic of those that are cornered with nowhere to go but to hide behind the sheepskin.
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