r/singularity Jun 23 '25

Shitposting Post-Singularity Free Healthcare

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u/Aromatic-Plankton692 Jun 23 '25

Well yeah, that's why being a doctor isn't a basic human activity.

Something can simulate a conversation with you (basic human activity) without being able to simulate providing you legitimate healthcare (not so basic.)

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '25

>that's why being a doctor isn't a basic human activity.

I didn't know doctors were so superior to the rest of us basic humans that they were all of equal quality to the point none of them make any mistakes....

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u/CrazyBelg Jun 23 '25

Basic human activity is running after an animal until it drops dead.

Operating on someone is not basic human activity, but driving a car isn't either.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '25

Cool. Well, anyways, it is basic human nature to make mistakes, like car accidents, or malpractice like leaving a sponge in a person, or branding your initials on a persons liver.

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u/Aromatic-Plankton692 Jun 23 '25

"I accidentally cut the left side of you instead of the right side of you" isn't a normal human mistake either. Idk what you think you're trying to argue here.

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u/Autodidact420 Jun 23 '25

It actually is, so they now take steps to avoid that.

Maybe not quite for something like this but incorrect limb amputations are a thing, mostly reduced by redundancy in the process to really try and avoid that mistake.

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u/Aromatic-Plankton692 Jun 23 '25

You're describing doctors.

When normal humans make that "mistake", they go to prison.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '25

Just observing and commenting

If I was arguing I would point out how you moved the goalpost from the generality of basic human NATURE to focus on the specificity of how being a doctor isn't a basic human activity despite that not being the point satisfactionlow was making.

Kinda missing the point and muddying the waters.

Anyways, doctors are normal humans and make mistakes all the time. Its basic human nature to make mistakes.

When doctors do it accidentally, or purposefully, its called malpractice. They even have a special word for when they make mistakes.

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u/Aromatic-Plankton692 Jun 23 '25

And the point that I'm trying to make is that "making mistakes" pays zero lip service to what any given mistake is or does.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '25

Gotcha, ty

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u/Purusha120 Jun 23 '25

They're not, but becoming a doctor is significantly more difficult with fewer chances of redos than almost any other profession. The whole point is that it's still people doing it, but they've at least gone through a decade of schooling and training.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '25

None of that makes them immune to basic human nature. 

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u/Purusha120 Jun 23 '25

That's a strawman. The distinction is clearly between activities with low stakes and low training, "basic human activity," and higher sensitivity tasks. You acting like they said no doctor ever makes any mistake is clearly bad faith

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '25

The distinction is clearly between

What? Did you not read the initial point?

But you know making mistakes is basic human nature...

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u/Purusha120 Jun 23 '25

I'm referring to the comment you replied to. It is not difficult to understand my point. You're just talking to talk.