| Your response is all over the place and off the mark. You sound like someone who has never had to pass advanced exams to proceed with much higher levels of education. I have relatives who are dentists. They are extraordinary in their precision. If you think it just requires time and money you clearly will never pass med school. Awful dentists? Yes, every field has people of bad ethics. The very word "mechanic" conjures up images of incompetent lying men who will rip you off and ruin your car. What's your point? Arrogance - nobody said anything about better. Just better at being a dentist and that learning how to flip burgers is easy. I know a doctor who can rebuild engines. He is also a painter and a soldier. What's your point? The intersection of dentists and people who want to mess with engines when they can easily is small. It has nothing to do with ability. Changing oil takes five seconds to learn. Have you ever diagnosed an error on a chip with an oscilloscope? I have. Does that mean you are stupid or simply haven't cared to do so? Everyone who makes burgers is less intelligent, less capable, and less creative than me is a different statement than "making burgers doesn't require the same level of intelligence, capability, and attention to detail as dental work". Tell me, since you're so good at rebuilding engines, how good are you at rebuilding without turning it off? Without making a mistake? Fixing engines and dentistry aren't comparable, much less flipping burgers. |
"I have relatives who are dentists."
And that obviously influences your take on this issue. I didn't insult or demean your relatives, I just don't have good reason to believe they're "special" because they're dentists.
"The very word "mechanic" conjures up images of incompetent lying men who will rip you off and ruin your car."
"Changing oil takes five seconds to learn."
That is exactly the kind of arrogance I'm calling out here. The truth is, pulling a tooth takes about that long to learn too, and the tools used aren't that much different.
Don't believe me?
Come on over and I'll pop one of your teeth out in about 5 seconds without ever going to school to learn how and I'll use the same tool to change the oil on my lawn mower ten seconds later.