While doctors may not be "pure" scientists per say, they are required
to fully comprehend the mechanisms and laws of both the biological and
physicial sciences and to appriopriatly exercices these laws. As a 4th
year medical student I can safely say that i and many of my peers can both
cite the 3 laws of thermodynamics, and solve differential, logarithmic and
linear equations with ease. We can also tackle organic chemistry synthesis
schemes and analyse evolutionnary events like speciation or drifts. Of
course scientists are experts at these endeavors but it would be wrong to
claim that doctors are incompetent in science. Most of them are competent
in the fields of science and that is why i do consider them to be
scientists at the core.
Rapid Response:
Doctors do know science
While doctors may not be "pure" scientists per say, they are required
to fully comprehend the mechanisms and laws of both the biological and
physicial sciences and to appriopriatly exercices these laws. As a 4th
year medical student I can safely say that i and many of my peers can both
cite the 3 laws of thermodynamics, and solve differential, logarithmic and
linear equations with ease. We can also tackle organic chemistry synthesis
schemes and analyse evolutionnary events like speciation or drifts. Of
course scientists are experts at these endeavors but it would be wrong to
claim that doctors are incompetent in science. Most of them are competent
in the fields of science and that is why i do consider them to be
scientists at the core.
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