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Nov 2, 2021Liked by Athena Walker

Anxious to read the next installment. . ..

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My first thought was, what list of traits would Athena offer instead?

Then I realized that there may not likely be a list, because it’s not so much a pathology, but merely a place on a spectrum of traits

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Nov 7, 2021Liked by Athena Walker

Oh yes, the ulcer example. My father had that surgery before they knew the real cause. Much later, I was unable to convince a suffering housemate that his ulcer was now easily curable because his fool doctor had told him otherwise. It's a great example to make people think more about medical ethics and the unreliability of diagnoses and paradigms.

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Nov 6, 2021Liked by Athena Walker

I think I see where this is going

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