Graduates from major medical schools were admitted to med schools without a SCIENCE degree of any kind-— english majors, english lit... etc (they had to have a certain number of undergrad courses but not a MAJOR in them— those pure science courses that, learned requires the kind of thinking) and logic the author is bemoaning does not exist,
So they get numerous bozos the likes of, for example the Press Secretary moron for Joe Bama, Karine Jean-Pierre.. truly an idiot!
“....Graduates from major medical schools were admitted to med schools without a SCIENCE degree of any kind ...”
To have any chance at all of being admitted they would to have all the biological & chemical science courses probably even math like calculus. Everyone I know had undergraduate degrees in biology, chemistry and chemical engineering often dual degrees in those fields.
Today everyone has those type of degrees, top-of-the-line grades, great MCAT scores. To get in you have to have more - show you really want to be a MD. Meaning some sort of extracurricular activity oriented toward medicine.
I am sure the one out of 10,000 exception occurs.
The biggest reason MDs aren’t curious is because risk taking (or even questioning the “routine”!) in one’s practice even for the benefit of the patient is a path to be sued and lose your license. You can thank the predatory lawyers for that!