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Doctors of Mathematics Practice Medicine

October 8, 2019From the book Change Is the Only Constant

A doctor of mathematics wants to remove a patient's appendix, since appendices are just unnecessary details nobody reads.

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[A patient on a table] Doctor: "I say we get rid of that appendix." Patient: "Why? Is it inflamed?" Doctor: "I find most appendices are just unnecessary details that no one reads." Patient: "Whaa?" Caption: "Why We Don't Let Doctors of Mathematics Practice Medicine"

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2019-10-08-doctors-of-mathematics-practice-medicine/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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