Off-Topic General Discussion II - Is your dentist wearing sandals? - Page 23

Sorry for the inactivity lately. My laptop was taken away for repairs on Friday and on the same day, the charity project I've been working on was finally launched so life has been hectic! How are things?

quote Axarcrie

I don't think it's so much the real scientist bit, I think it's more trying to put themselves on the level of other scientists who are often quite snobby. We had a psychiatry thing and they were like "No, we're not psychologists, we're real professionals." and stuff.

Haha, that's okay, in a few years you can say "But you're not a real doctor though, are you?" to them. I don't really believe in psychiatry to be honest. Drug therapy isn't actually all that effective and it's better to just talk through their problems. Any doctor can prescribe those drugs but not any one can talk them through the issues. Without psychologists, psychiatrists wouldn't have any idea what they are doing anyway. Research is incredibly important.

To be honest, until you've done some psychology like I have, people can't say it's not a science. I have to learn so much biology and physics believe it or not. My lecture this morning is entirely about the eye.

quote Axarcrie

That awkward moment when Tay insults my possible future profession.
WELL HOW ARE WE GOING TO FEED OUR KIDS WITHOUT MY INCOME, TAY? AXXY JR AND TAY JR WILL HAVE TO STARVE. :L

WHO NEEDS DOCTORS WHEN THERE IS GOOGLE ANYWAYS?

quote Axarcrie

Tay Rex You have no idea how much I have to use Google, haha. We have some lectures where there are maybe seven normal words in a whole section and the rest is stuff we've now learnt or really need to know. It's both amazing and scary at the same time.

Nah, you can be excited when you understand it later on and you read back on it and it makes perfect sense. I love doing that. At the start of the year I'll read a textbook and think "I don't understand a word of this." I'll come back at the end of the year and I know what it means.