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Comment author: CronoDAS 06 July 2012 08:55:49AM *  1 point [-]

It’s apparently so important that people really care about performance – as opposed to, say, in medicine, where we exclude brilliant doctors if they don’t have the stamina to work ninety hours a week.

How much does this actually matter, I wonder? Is there really that big a difference between the best doctor in a group of 100 and the 10th best doctor in that same group? (The 10th best golfer in a tournament doesn't take home the trophy, but the 10th best doctor in the hospital can still do a fine job treating a broken arm.)

Comment author: pnrjulius 06 July 2012 10:52:06PM -1 points [-]

In treating broken arms? Minimal difference.

In discovering new nanotechnology that will revolutionize the future of medicine? Literally all the difference in the world.

Comment author: CronoDAS 07 July 2012 12:47:27AM *  2 points [-]

In discovering new nanotechnology that will revolutionize the future of medicine? Literally all the difference in the world.

Then don't you want the brilliant person to become a chemist or biologist instead of a physician or surgeon? You don't need a medical license to work on cell cultures in a lab.

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