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Such “evidenced-based” training has been a boon for medical care in a technical sense. But Samuels and colleagues like Medical School associate professor Katharine K. Treadway, who teaches a class at the Medical School called “Introduction to the Profession,?...

Author: By Alissa M D'gama, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Putting the Patient Back Into Medicine | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

“The innumeracy of Americans really makes this possible,” Ian says about his poker profession. The “over-inflated self-esteem” of the country, combined with the seeming “disdain for math,” has made the environment...

Author: By Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Playing for Keeps | 10/22/2009 | See Source »

But as a society, as you've pointed out, we're not very good at making these predictions. We use measurements like IQ or the SAT or the Wonderlic test, and we're unable to determine if a budding lawyer or a budding quarterback is going to be any good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Author Malcolm Gladwell | 10/20/2009 | See Source »

What do you think of bloggers? Everyone with a laptop thinks they're a journalist. Everyone with a cell phone thinks they're a photographer. So our profession is sidelined in a way. There's no turning back. It's frightening because you can ruin lives and reputations willy-nilly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: White House Legend Helen Thomas | 10/15/2009 | See Source »

The idea that we could ever save enough to pay for 30 years of leisure is a relatively recent invention. An entire profession, financial planning, is dedicated to telling people they can, and must, pay for their own retirement. A 401(k) is usually a central part of those plans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why It's Time to Retire the 401(k) | 10/9/2009 | See Source »

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