Sometimes, when I sit here, at my sturdy and trustworthy desk, reading and listening to lectures over and over again about gene expression and the suchlike, I wonder if it would be more efficient to just make us rote learn all the treatments and symptoms etc. of various diseases and illnesses rather than making us learn the underlying causes and foundations of this bulltwang.
I mean, if I am presented with a patient who is all crazy and frothing at the mouth, I'm probably not going to say, "Good God! He probably has a point mutation in his FMR-1 gene! Get this man some alcohol!" Instead, I will most likely say, "Did you eat soap for breakfast this morning? Good God! Get this man some alcohol! Stat!"
That's pretty much all I wanted to say.
J
About Me
- Junaberry
- I'm a student from Australia who used to have a lot of time on her hands but doesn't have that much anymore. Now she has other stuff on her hands.
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