Thinking
First post and first impressions
Hello World! Since this is my first ever post, I figured that I’ll keep it light, telling you guys a bit more about myself (stuff that wasn’t already covered in About), along with a tangent, and some of my plans with MedHopeful. Being ‘serious’ Josh and I recently had a discussion about first impressions, and [...]
What’s up with premed altruism and nobility?
As I have mentioned many times before, I feel like our education system was developed with altruism and nobility at its core. I have seen it all the way from elementary school to undergraduate university (though obviously much less so at higher levels at education). While I think it’s nice that we’re taught to do [...]
Why You Need to Think Critically about Advice and Who You Get it From
Sometimes I read advice online for medical school admissions from medical students that I think is fundamentally wrong. Of course this would seem counter-intuitive – how could someone be wrong about advice if they got in? Consider a game of rock, paper, scissors (yah yah, how many times have I used this example now?). Imagine [...]
Action vs. Inaction Part 2: I am immoral a lot of the time, and I’m okay with it
Yesterday I wrote about a hypothetical moral situation and ended up questioning whether or not I am meeting my moral obligations (if they do exist). Essentially, the hypothetical situation poses the question of whether causing harm is just as morally wrong as not preventing the same harm from occurring. I’d like to believe that, yes, [...]
Action vs Inaction – Are they Morally Equivalent?
Today I read about a hypothetical scenario that I’m struggling with, and not exactly sure yet how I feel about it. Hypothetical scenario 1: A person is tied to a train track and a train is going to run the person over. There is a switch that controls the train. If you flip the switch, [...]
Work and Happiness
A few weeks ago in my Social and Political Philosophy class, we learned a bit about some of the theories of Karl Marx. He is probably most famous for his work on communism, and although many people might disagree with that aspect of his writings, his reasons for communism are based on a very interesting [...]
Thinking in Terms of Ranges
The following concept is pretty different from what I normally write about, but I think it’s really neat, and hope some people will find topics like this quite interesting! The Most Useful Course in High School (in my opinion) If you were to ask me today what my most useful high school course was, I [...]
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