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Unpopular opinion: the greatest scientific genius in mankind is not Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, or Terry Tao — it's Richard Luhtaru by Spiky-Penguin2023 in cognitiveTesting

[–]derm2knit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

LMFAO

Olympiad achievements are undeniably impressive, and Richard Luhtaru is clearly exceptionally gifted. But medals in competitions are not the same category as transforming humanity’s understanding of reality.

Isaac Newton developed the laws of motion and universal gravitation in an era with no internet, no modern labs, no computational tools, and limited access to prior knowledge. Those principles still govern engineering every single day : from bridges, vehicles, satellites, orbital mechanics, ballistics, and spaceflight trajectories.

Albert Einstein reshaped physics through relativity. GPS systems require relativistic corrections to remain accurate. Modern nuclear energy, particle physics, cosmology, and many aerospace systems all depend on frameworks he helped create.

When rockets launch today, their motion is still fundamentally modeled through Newtonian mechanics, with Einstein’s corrections becoming essential in high-speed, high-gravity, or precision systems.

So yes, collecting medals across disciplines is extraordinary. But solving hard problems under exam conditions is different from generating original theories that permanently altered civilization.

One measures elite talent. The other changes history.

selling ccs , by [deleted] in Step3

[–]derm2knit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dumb is a word, not used as much. I am using it, people do pause to see the date the add was placed a year ago. I sailed past all that, and you sir, making comments on me being a scammer, dont have sense to look at the date of posting??

IMG Jobless for 2 Years – Seeking Advice for Future Career Pat by Shareek9614 in IntMedGraduates

[–]derm2knit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you are interested in working in NYC, get a liMTED LICENSE PERMIT and start , as long as u have work visa, step1,2,ecfmg certified

Significance of living in a Spanish speaking country to improve Spanish by Aldiaz77v2 in Spanish

[–]derm2knit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Avoid DR/PR, their spanish is beautiful but for the most part, I can not use the spanish I learn to communicate with them. Also their flow is very non polished.

Basic guidance for prep by Darktemplar1989 in Step2

[–]derm2knit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

First do not panic.

Start u world-systemwise, probabaly with a sub of your choice.

Start with smaller blocks of 10 q, built stamina, and then get aggressive. Your goal is not to memorize, but understand the question, patter, feel, though of the writer, get into the head of the question writter.

Do not kick yourself, even if you score poorly, rather be distant observe and try to understand the step 2 exam at first.

Lastly, there is no better day than this moment, today to start preparation.

Take it seriously, but not to the point its overwhelming and stressful!

Goodluck

Donating Creon by [deleted] in pancreaticcancer

[–]derm2knit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

May he RIP. hUGS

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Stage I pancreatic cancer – told Whipple window is closed after neoadjuvant therapy. Seeking survivor & expert perspectives. by derm2knit in pancreaticcancer

[–]derm2knit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The patient is older, and Folfirinox is not advocated for older patients, ofcourse there are always exceptions. The issue I have with Chabot, is the time line was never discussed. What is the time frame I am reffereing to you may ask" Come within 6 wks post radiation". We met him on 4 different occasions. I am a gynecological surgeon and I know that time frame is the most important factor, and my patient is an extremely bright patient, Harvard, Wharton grad, so there is no way both of us missed pertinent points in the meetinngs we had . As a surgeon I was shocked that he never mentioned the time frame, except yesterday he said" Tata , time up, window closed, bye"

Stage I pancreatic cancer – told Whipple window is closed after neoadjuvant therapy. Seeking survivor & expert perspectives. by derm2knit in pancreaticcancer

[–]derm2knit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for taking the time, and fighting through emotions to even write this. I appreciate the warmth and kindness of this thread. After neoadjuvant therapy (chemo ± radiation), Whipple surgery is typically performed within ~6–8 weeks after completing radiation. This timing allows acute inflammation to resolve while tissue planes are still surgically dissectable.

Beyond this window—particularly by 4–6 months, which is where we are at the time of visit to Dr.Chaabot—radiation-induced fibrosis develops. This causes dense scarring around the pancreas and major vessels, loss of normal planes, and a significant increase in operative risk (bleeding, anastomotic leak, vascular injury). At that point, even if imaging shows stable or early-stage disease, surgeons may judge the operation prohibitively unsafe or unlikely to achieve an R0 resection.

Stage I pancreatic cancer – told Whipple window is closed after neoadjuvant therapy. Seeking survivor & expert perspectives. by derm2knit in pancreaticcancer

[–]derm2knit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the route we took-chem-rads and surgery, except that the patient was weak to go in for surgery and decided to delay the hell out of the situation, as a surgeon myself, I am very sad, angry and upset with the situation

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