What, you didn’t think doctors had medical myths too? Although Yvain seems to have voided your particular example, it should be pointed out that there are a ridiculous number of doctors in any first-world country, and based on what we know about the sanity waterline it seems absurd to assume anything other than, “Most of them are probably rather irrational.”
Irrational in general, sure. But people are generally at least somewhat more rational regarding subjects they are a domain expert in, correlated with the level of expertise.
That said, there’s no level where you never make mistakes, so …
What, you didn’t think doctors had medical myths too? Although Yvain seems to have voided your particular example, it should be pointed out that there are a ridiculous number of doctors in any first-world country, and based on what we know about the sanity waterline it seems absurd to assume anything other than, “Most of them are probably rather irrational.”
Irrational in general, sure. But people are generally at least somewhat more rational regarding subjects they are a domain expert in, correlated with the level of expertise.
That said, there’s no level where you never make mistakes, so …