I still take issue with the Doctor Rock. The Rock is acceptable if the primary function of the job is to be the Rock (like the bullshit security guard). The doctor’s job is not to “reassure her patients and reduce their stress” (she is not a psychotherapist), her job is to actually find those three dangerous cancers among many harmless ones. The existence of such doctor is dangerous because it gives people false confidence that they are being treated for their medical issues by an expert when in reality the doctor is just bullshitting. Even if there are many false positive detections, it is better to double check them then to ignore them.
>And of course, she’s not an actual rock. If there was a giant thing on someone’s nose, she would think ‘oh I had better ensure someone actually examines that.’
Apparently not always. There was a case in which police arrested a man in suspicion of shooting and killing his girlfriend. When the police entered his house and found the body, acted confused and didn’t really make sense. The police assumed that he had killed her and arrested him. During the interrogation, he acted in bizarre ways and kept contradicting himself, but the detective continued to pressure him. The police assumed that he was culprit because he acted suspicious and in 99% of the situations like this he would be. But as it turned out, he was acting weird because he had been shot through the brain. He was in a dire need of medical attention and was slowly dying from his injuries but the police didn’t even do a basic medical check. In fact, he had visible bullet holes on his nose and face, but they were completely ignored because the police didn’t even think he could have been the victim.
The man died 10 years after the a seizure which was a result of his injuries. Had the police checked his health earlier, they would’ve realized that he was a victim, not a culprit, and it is highly likely could’ve been saved if he was treated earlier.
I still take issue with the Doctor Rock. The Rock is acceptable if the primary function of the job is to be the Rock (like the bullshit security guard). The doctor’s job is not to “reassure her patients and reduce their stress” (she is not a psychotherapist), her job is to actually find those three dangerous cancers among many harmless ones. The existence of such doctor is dangerous because it gives people false confidence that they are being treated for their medical issues by an expert when in reality the doctor is just bullshitting. Even if there are many false positive detections, it is better to double check them then to ignore them.
>And of course, she’s not an actual rock. If there was a giant thing on someone’s nose, she would think ‘oh I had better ensure someone actually examines that.’
Apparently not always. There was a case in which police arrested a man in suspicion of shooting and killing his girlfriend. When the police entered his house and found the body, acted confused and didn’t really make sense. The police assumed that he had killed her and arrested him. During the interrogation, he acted in bizarre ways and kept contradicting himself, but the detective continued to pressure him. The police assumed that he was culprit because he acted suspicious and in 99% of the situations like this he would be. But as it turned out, he was acting weird because he had been shot through the brain. He was in a dire need of medical attention and was slowly dying from his injuries but the police didn’t even do a basic medical check. In fact, he had visible bullet holes on his nose and face, but they were completely ignored because the police didn’t even think he could have been the victim.
The man died 10 years after the a seizure which was a result of his injuries. Had the police checked his health earlier, they would’ve realized that he was a victim, not a culprit, and it is highly likely could’ve been saved if he was treated earlier.
More information about the story:
https://medium.com/crimebeat/when-the-suspect-is-a-victim-f4a019da6999
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qMcCXOnEYY