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argued with an ECONOMICS PROFESSOR re: AFFIRMATIVE ACTION. I think I won.
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Date: June 17th, 2016 12:06 AM Author: shimmering death wish liquid oxygen I have a tendency to say inflammatory things when I'm hanging with intelligent people and this dude's an intelligent bro - Oxford, LSE and maybe something stateside, idk - but he made some racist jokes so, being drunk, I was like "you know what I hate about affirmative action: The fact that it's rational to refuse to see black doctors because, on average, they were admitted to medical school with lesser qualifications." And he was like "but wait this is the most oppressed group in the nation. Think about what they overcame in order to get into medical school." I responded by pointing out that the wealthiest blacks tend to be the most likely to gain entry to medical school, but most importantly that oppression is (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3257532&forum_id=2#30724606) |
Date: June 17th, 2016 12:07 AM Author: unhinged spectacular sandwich goal in life oppression is...what
please hurry Im on edge of my seat |
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Date: June 17th, 2016 12:27 AM Author: mahogany stain lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3257532&forum_id=2#30724695) |
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Date: June 17th, 2016 12:31 AM Author: charcoal outnumbered azn toilet seat (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3257532&forum_id=2#30724713) |
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Date: June 17th, 2016 1:07 AM Author: disrespectful institution (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3257532&forum_id=2#30724927) |
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Date: June 17th, 2016 9:02 PM Author: Comical Honey-headed Regret (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3257532&forum_id=2#30730775) |
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Date: June 17th, 2016 12:07 AM Author: shimmering death wish liquid oxygen But most importantly that oppression isn't a proxy for ability. He didn't really have a response to that. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3257532&forum_id=2#30724614) |
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Date: June 17th, 2016 12:31 AM Author: Transparent market yeah you won (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3257532&forum_id=2#30724709) |
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Date: June 17th, 2016 12:34 AM Author: diverse nibblets You either won big or lost big. You're right, of course. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3257532&forum_id=2#30724731) |
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Date: June 17th, 2016 12:39 AM Author: Transparent market this is a brainy econ prof who makes racist jokes, you really think he's that invested in some magical notion of oppression-merit equivalence? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3257532&forum_id=2#30724753) |
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Date: June 17th, 2016 12:45 AM Author: diverse nibblets No, but he could be narcissistic enough to never allow his mind to be changed by someone else. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3257532&forum_id=2#30724788) |
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Date: June 17th, 2016 12:48 AM Author: Transparent market that's not narcissism, it's insecurity. a narcissist just takes credit for the idea.
and truly smart people are rarely ever like that. |
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Date: June 17th, 2016 1:05 AM Author: diverse nibblets A narcissist will actually disregard anything you said if it will interfere with his ego. It's kind of an early sign of schizophrenia. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3257532&forum_id=2#30724916) |
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Date: June 17th, 2016 1:06 AM Author: Transparent market well that sounds more like the sort of person who just doesn't listen to you at all. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3257532&forum_id=2#30724923) |
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Date: June 17th, 2016 12:37 AM Author: charcoal outnumbered azn toilet seat It depends on how you think it all works.
In libs minds, before med school,
Achievement = raw intellectual horsepower - oppression
and that after med school, everyone with the same raw intellectual horse power achieves the same skill in medicine. In that case, you should feel comfortable going to a black doctor even if they used AA to get in to school. |
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Date: June 17th, 2016 12:34 AM Author: appetizing maroon range this might hold with other professions but not doctors
even if u could argue black doctors are LESS proficient than white doctors they still have to meet a minimum level of proficiency to pass the boards
is your goal always to see the most qualified doctor possible? I don't think it's that deep for most people, and knowing the doctor is qualified is enough (eassuming to you don't have AIDS or brain cancer or some shit) |
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Date: June 17th, 2016 12:38 AM Author: Drunken cracking church building https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mgdw-W-l1D0 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3257532&forum_id=2#30724751) |
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Date: June 17th, 2016 2:46 AM Author: shimmering death wish liquid oxygen It depends on the reason I'm seeing the doc. Minimal competence is fine for sprained ankles. For cardiothoracic surgery I'm gonna find the BEST. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3257532&forum_id=2#30725224) |
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Date: June 17th, 2016 2:51 AM Author: Trip light internal respiration I don't think AA applies to specializations, just admissions, so surgery isn't the best example here. when IQ really matters is when you have something uncommon that could easily be misdiagnosed. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3257532&forum_id=2#30725232) |
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Date: June 17th, 2016 3:05 AM Author: shimmering death wish liquid oxygen Somehow I suspect that internships and residencies have "holistic" admissions policies. Honestly I don't know though.
Interesting theory though. Would make primary care practice the area within which g plays its most critical role. |
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Date: June 17th, 2016 3:24 AM Author: appetizing maroon range neurology has the reputation as being the "brainiest" specialty among students and residents and shit
I think this is because it requires analysis of often nonspecific symptoms (neuro patients usually have shit like headaches, numbness, loss of coordination) that could mean a million fucking things and it takes a geek to really understand the nervous system as it's the most complex system in our bodies |
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Date: June 17th, 2016 9:00 PM Author: peach insane plaza antidepressant drug Nah ding that's nephrology or radiology (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3257532&forum_id=2#30730766) |
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Date: June 21st, 2016 5:10 PM Author: Trip light internal respiration nephrology? wtf (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3257532&forum_id=2#30756961) |
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Date: June 17th, 2016 3:16 AM Author: appetizing maroon range that's basically what I said
most of medicine is routine and mundane and I think basic proficiency is enough...
certain exotic diseases/rare conditions, cancers, sophisticated surgeries may require the best of the best
I'm quite interested in medicine as a profession however and have done a lot of reading about it and most studies suggest that your particular doctor has little to do with your medical outcome (for instance there is a study comparing doctors in an ER and once the regression is done patients treated by each doctor had very similar chances of survival (the regression accounted for shit like time of day patients were admitted and day of the week and other crap I just don't remember to try to ensure that certain doctors weren't being penalized for ending up with more severe cases)) |
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Date: June 17th, 2016 12:34 AM Author: stirring idiot area Woman is substance. Man is form. Implicit in any form is the ability to become another. Though implicit, this capacity is real; for molecules disintegrate and reconstitute. Overcoming reflects directly on the abilities of the form. Each form operates on its own unique schedule. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3257532&forum_id=2#30724734) |
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Date: June 17th, 2016 12:47 AM Author: Olive School Cafeteria no higher truth has ever been spoken. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3257532&forum_id=2#30724799) |
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Date: June 17th, 2016 12:50 AM Author: stirring idiot area Credit to Maimonides. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3257532&forum_id=2#30724821) |
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Date: June 17th, 2016 12:50 AM Author: Razzle bisexual tanning salon this holds with both other professions AND doctors. like with most other professions that require the passage of some sort of licensure test, as blue smoke alludes to, such tests test for minimal competence (if that). blacks, like in every profession, cluster at the bottom to the extent that they are admitted to the profession at all. as elsewhere, blue smoke is wrong and looks foolish. |
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Date: June 17th, 2016 12:53 AM Author: Olive School Cafeteria bluesmoke is always wrong on everything, and yet she always wins every argument on xoxo. how is that possible? its a paradox! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3257532&forum_id=2#30724839) |
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Date: June 17th, 2016 3:10 AM Author: appetizing maroon range surprise surprise two huge racists think I'm wrong
I at least have the self awareness to realize that my opinions are just that, opinions. he ho early thinks he's "right" and I'm "wrong" in some philosophical sense. this happens when your main form of interaction occurs with xo posters who hype you up and you don't socialize enough elsewhere to ever have your ideas challenged. |
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Date: June 17th, 2016 3:16 AM Author: shimmering death wish liquid oxygen I think you'd made a good doc. You should've done it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3257532&forum_id=2#30725252) |
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Date: June 17th, 2016 3:21 AM Author: appetizing maroon range why do you think that
I think I would have been more caring and had much better bedside manner than most doctors..l I bond w other people easily and take on others' problems as my own so I'd really need to choose a specialty with a good survival rate or else I'd be going crazy 24/7. Maybe obstetrics or something |
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Date: June 17th, 2016 12:55 AM Author: judgmental hell foreskin It's not a matter of opinion - and most economists would agree - it's perfectly logical to realize that a black doctors have lower academic achievements on average. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3257532&forum_id=2#30724851) |