[JohnFen]

The best dentist I ever had was as much a geek about all things dental as I am a geek about all things computers. He would happily describe, in great technical detail, every aspect of what he was doing, why, etc.

It was pretty awesome, and I left every visit feeling very positive about the experience.

[olvy0]

There was this one time I had a prolonged dental operation, I was fully conscious, the dentist talked himself through a delicate situation while hunting in my mouth for the right angle to do it. And I thought suddenly, hey, it's just like me when I'm debugging! Cool!

[JohnFen]

Yes!

What your doctor (and dentist, etc.) are really doing with you is exactly the same as what you do when you're debugging a program. Except that health care providers don't have the luxury of having a debugger or the ability to examine the "machine" state in accurate detail.

[doubled112]

For some extra perspective in the case of a dentist, there's also a live, breathing, feeling, conscious human they're about to drill into or debug on.

No thanks!

[JohnFen]

Just consider brain surgery! Same thing applies, except worse.