It’s a reference about Ferdinand Demara, a famous con artist who among other things pretended to be a navy surgeon and “served” onboard a destroyer in the Korean war and performed many surgeries. Mixing it in with the classic doctor on a plane trope
So, he’s the target model for “AI” in that field, currently? Yeah, that tracks.
Fun fact: Dr. Halsted, known most for his invention of doctors’ residency program (widely regarded as inhumane, if not outright psychotic) was himself topped up on cocaine & morphine for most of his adult life. 🤔
It’s a reference about Ferdinand Demara, a famous con artist who among other things pretended to be a navy surgeon and “served” onboard a destroyer in the Korean war and performed many surgeries. Mixing it in with the classic doctor on a plane trope
Did people survive those “surgeries”? The Wikipedia article didn’t say.
I believe so. Iirc he was quite successful, mostly through delegating to other doctors and intensively studying medical books
So, he’s the target model for “AI” in that field, currently? Yeah, that tracks.
Fun fact: Dr. Halsted, known most for his invention of doctors’ residency program (widely regarded as inhumane, if not outright psychotic) was himself topped up on cocaine & morphine for most of his adult life. 🤔