• HugeNerd@lemmy.ca
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    11 days ago

    Then why offer all the medical examples? Stint and stent are two different words.

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      11 days ago

      Because medicine is a field that seems to most benefit from high technology and, when a loved one of mine is treated by a doctor, I’d rather use a cannon to swat a mosquito.

      • HugeNerd@lemmy.ca
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        11 days ago

        Nonsense. Medicine is a mish-mash of reductive thinking and conservatism. You may be thinking of outlier cases, but the day to day bread and butter of medicine is 19th century with dipping mustards. Your attitude is why we end up with antibiotic resistant bacteria. Do you also drive a tank to the grocery store in case of a fender bender?