I refused to purchase my avid bookworm of a DD a book today. A promising-looking book about social/cultural constructivism, actually-- which I initially was perfectly happy to get her.
Why?
It was
THIS book.
Those who have been around a while will no doubt recognize this author's name and claim to 'fame' (well, okay, infamy is more like it).
I explained why with a message with the subject line: Why no book by Christakis will ever darken my door
and explained that some things never die. Hatred borne of righteous anger. Evil. That sort of thing.
This is both, obviously.
Gosh, that still makes my blood boil and it's been YEARS.
I also went on (probably in a fit of pettiness, it's true) to explain why people who aren't actually smart enough to get MD's
and PhD's...( er.... and truth be told, most people in med schools and grad programs would argue that this particular linkage is incorrect, as that should be "or" LOL) are the only ones that think that an MD/PhD program is "better" than one or the other. Nobody else is much fooled by them, and they make both lousy researchers AND lousy clinicians, because the programs are effectively watered down versions of both things, and not really good for much but producing mediocrity to begin with.