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by ThrowawayR2 49 days ago
> "Consider surgery instead of software development."

Is that really the analogy you want to use the bolster your argument? Licensing was forced on the medical profession because of rampant quackery causing a large number of deaths. Some of the horrors that went on before enforced medical licensing are well-nigh unbelievable, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Brinkley

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People forget how barbaric medicine has historically been.

Just like 100 years from now, many of today's medical practices will also be seen as barbaric.