tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406547525301395071.post7963165147405935673..comments2023-09-19T04:20:38.429-07:00Comments on Status Iatrogenicus: Book Smarts and Common Sense in Medicine - Why Highly Intelligent People Make Bad DecisionsScott K. Aberegg, M.D., M.P.H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17564774546019869201noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406547525301395071.post-78149306304894940602017-09-04T21:53:00.569-07:002017-09-04T21:53:00.569-07:00Every word of this article is so enlightening and ...Every word of this article is so enlightening and love the insight about intectualization and common sense and how it leads to bad decisions. Great post. JeCksOnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12087778649552689484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406547525301395071.post-58649846325901640562016-01-27T08:43:29.978-08:002016-01-27T08:43:29.978-08:00Here is the link to a related post authored by the...Here is the link to a related post authored by the above commenter: <a href="http://mdredux.blogspot.com/2016/01/how-i-aced-college-physics-course-while.html" rel="nofollow">Tretired doc's thoughts</a>Scott K. Aberegg, M.D., M.P.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17564774546019869201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406547525301395071.post-61473311696936216072016-01-27T04:39:36.291-08:002016-01-27T04:39:36.291-08:00I was able to earn the highest grade in a rather i...I was able to earn the highest grade in a rather idiosyncratic college physics course.Every Friday there was a several problem test on which there was no partial credit.The type of problems were repeated every year and all of the students had access to old tests .<br />So success was a function of exactly what you said -recognizing the type problem it was,memorizing the solution steps and practicing the mechanics of the solution so you would have time to check the math.Doing that well enable to me to have the highest grade (number 2 was not close)and get through the course learning almost no physics.I guess Goodhart's Law applies here as well as certainly my grades were no measure of physics learned.james gaultehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537303135780186926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406547525301395071.post-82966665086982057432015-12-29T12:38:49.099-08:002015-12-29T12:38:49.099-08:00Thank you very much for the kind words, Simon.Thank you very much for the kind words, Simon.Scott K. Aberegg, M.D., M.P.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17564774546019869201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406547525301395071.post-81273211656091575072015-12-29T06:45:13.899-08:002015-12-29T06:45:13.899-08:00Tremendous work Scott. Encapsulates so much of wha...Tremendous work Scott. Encapsulates so much of what and how we struggle in modern day medicine.<br /><br />Thanks<br /><br />SAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01678439060321250414noreply@blogger.com