Posted by alexandra_k on June 13, 2015, at 21:02:07
In reply to 1 down, 3 to go, posted by alexandra_k on June 13, 2015, at 19:03:37
> If you cringed when people tried to cuddle you... You'd probably have been smothered.
Because you are supposed to squeal and writhe with pleasure. Or at least be happy baby to soothe soothe soothe mothers anxiety into something more pleasant.
One can only suppose that that's what the neighbours are up to into the small hours of every morning.
Babies would have evolved to evoke care-taking response from caregivers. Or they would have been left to die.
What does the mother need, though? Baby to hush / entertain itself unless baby actually needs something from mother because mother is busy... or baby to spend all the time trying to entertain / soothe / look after mother? Which is most likely to result in survival of baby?
I guess adaptive is best... Though... A certain amount could come through in hard-wiring, I suppose. Hard wired in a suitably matched environment would probably be optimal. Hard wired in an unsuitably matched environment would probably be suicidal / homicidal. Adaptive... Good old 'good enough'...
I think we have to do these broad competency things because... We don't actually have many doctors per head of population and so we sort of do expect doctors to do everything. The whole 'GP for rural community' thing basically seems to be about a doctor working all by themselves without the support of other doctors in an environment where hospital back-up isn't likely and where one is on call 24/7. I mean... That's so very much cheaper than having people seen in hospital environments. All the 'unnecessary' tests. All the 'unnecessary' specialists.
We complain 'we can't afford them'. Yeah. If you pay me 1 million I can write you a report showing how I've improved efficiency (access or equity) by 3.9% and saved 2.6 million to boot. I bet. I bet that is where the money goes. Salaries for members of boards of directors and salaries for people working for multi-million or billion dollar 'not for profit' (aka: we no pay taxes) 'charity' organisations. This country is so corrupt we don't even seem to think we have a problem with corruption. It's... Ridiculous.
I do keep thinking back to one of my supervisors books... Aspects of it... Making sense of things... You do need to demonstrate commitment. Like having the gang tattoos so you demonstrate that your fate is tied to the fate of the group. Demonstrating that it is far too costly (for your own interests) for you to opt out of working to better the fate of the group. What do you have to do in order to succeed??? Sell your soul? Kinda sorta feels like... I don't know. Time will tell, I guess. I feel... I do lack some kind of social skill that is needed to play the game. The game that will give me things like... I would like to own my own house / apartment in a nice enough part of the city so I don't have to listen to neighbours who prefer to live in their own trash and coo coo coo to each other till the small hours of every morning.
A lot of people want that.
A lot of people *say* they want that... But they don't work for it. They are too busy coo coo cooing their way through each and every day... Maybe if they coo coo coo to the right person then the person will have them move someplace prettier and they can coo coo coo to them. Or their baby or their dog or whatever... I don't know...
Back to working past years tests, hey.
One task then the next task then the next task... And so on. The more science I do the more I do appreciate the arts. Pretty things. Aesthetic. Something about it that makes us distinctively human. Emotional trips in a way that is... Manageable. Somehow.
Sometimes I think there are people looking out for me. Othertimes I think it is one of those Maher's 'feelings of significance' thing that I need to be a bit careful of. Truth is probably somewhere in the middle...
Immunology ho..
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