Re: Why are TI Calcs so inferior?
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Re: Why are TI Calcs so inferior?
>>>Speaking as a potential patient, I rather trust the doctor that
>>>used the calc. The performance of the human mind is far too
>>>variable, especially under stress!
>>
>>one of the selection criteria for doctors is the ability to perform
>>reliably under stress. you don't make it through med school if you
>>can't.
>>
>
>Med school is only for a few years. Doctors are also human beings,
>and therefore prone to maturation and decline just like any other
>human being. Digital instruments do not gradually decline in
>capability the way humans do, they either work or fail, with
>either status usually being quite obvious. So again, speaking
>as a potential patient, I would much rather trust my life to a
>doctor who understands his own fallibility, and cross checks his
>mental calculations. The God complex has no place in the practice
>of medecine, or any other profession. Anyone who beleives himself
>infallible is only fooling himself.
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