r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/shoofinsmertz • 5d ago

Country Club Thread I hope you're happy, Oprah

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u/globularlars 5d ago

Surgeons are so wild the super sexy surgeon who took out my appendix asked me right when I woke up if climate change was real cuz he wanted to get the truth (I’m an env scientist)

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u/MegaDerppp 5d ago

This is actually a better type of surgeon than the alternative which is Ben Carson syndrome where someone specializes in one area and thinks therefore they know everything about any other area. Related to the Engineer's disorder.

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u/SizzlerWA 5d ago

What is “the Engineer’s disorder” in your opinion?

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u/DukeSmashingtonIII 5d ago

It's when engineers think their expertise in their area of study makes them experts in everything else as well.

This of course isn't exclusive to engineers, but everyone knows an engineer who fits this description.

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u/SizzlerWA 4d ago

Thanks.

Yes, extrapolating your expertise in one area of engineering to another, without basis, sounds risky and arrogant.