After my Buddy set me to questioning the police he sent me this questioning doctors.
I suspect that what drew my buddy’s attention to this is the fact that its the story of a Doctor being injured by other doctors. I also took note that the story suggested that new procedures being demanded by Obamacare might reduce some of the tens of thousands of medical mistakes that happen every year in our hospitals.
This post and the one on police preceeding it and the many posts about the mistakes of the Duluth School Board and the Duluth News Tribune to honestly admit Red Plan errors all remind me of something my Dad strongly believed. It happened to be about the efficacy of a Catholic Church practice. This is ironic because despite having two children-in-laws that were Catholic my Dad was no fan of the Roman Catholic Church. Nonetheless he thought that confession was one of the most salutory things that Catholics practiced.
I long ago concluded that one of the worst things about life is the unwillingness to admit mistakes. The police, doctors, teachers, journalists, clergy are all among the worst offenders. I think it helps explain why children are very reluctant to raise their hands to answer a question. The stigma they feel for being wrong even over a trivial question is such that no one is willing to admit ignorance or mistake.
And yet learning can not take place without risking mistakes. Trial and Error have led to much human cultural evolution. Suppressing this in school is not healthy. To my Father the Catholic confession was good for the soul by freeing it to honestly face unpleasant truths. Someday humankind may live in a world less troubled by human frailty. If that happens it will be a much stronger world.
