I understand 90% of the science behind what I do as a medical diagnostic technologist. It’s still fucking magic as far as I’m concerned.
CTs and MRIs? Atom spin/relax releasing detectable energy waves that are somehow able to be read and aggregated by algorithms into a high detail image of the inside of a human body? Tell me that isn’t magic and I’ll call you a liar.
It may be similar for most professions. But the difference is that programming is much more accessible to everyone than medical stuff, or even car mechanics.
Lets take the example of someone finding solution X for [problem], but X is wrong, but not fatal:
Medical: possible malpractice lawsuit.
car mechanic: Lost $$$ buying wrong parts
Programming: Error hopefully caught by tests / QA. If the issue made it into production, roll it back to the prev version.
But it seems very likely other professions will also “google the problem”
Woodworker: how to do X joint, constructions for drawer, table,…
Car mechanic: likely cause of X, how to diagnose faults. Especially if they work on all cars
Repairman: same as car mechanic. Also diagrams, and pinout of chips.
Eletrical engineering: Parts, pinouts, troubleshooting issues with design
Cashier: What’s the number for Bananas? (ok, they don’t use the internet for that)
Waiters: Where was table 69?
Fast food worker: “Legal to get fired over eating a fry?”
The medical professions are feeling this meme with you.
I understand 90% of the science behind what I do as a medical diagnostic technologist. It’s still fucking magic as far as I’m concerned.
CTs and MRIs? Atom spin/relax releasing detectable energy waves that are somehow able to be read and aggregated by algorithms into a high detail image of the inside of a human body? Tell me that isn’t magic and I’ll call you a liar.
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“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” - Arthur C. Clarke
Ironically, that’s the part we understand better.
You break a bone, we put something to keep it in place and 3 weeks later it is unbroken? That is magic.
It may be similar for most professions. But the difference is that programming is much more accessible to everyone than medical stuff, or even car mechanics.
Lets take the example of someone finding solution X for [problem], but X is wrong, but not fatal:
But it seems very likely other professions will also “google the problem”