Welcome to my daily learning journal. My daily goal is to watch one Ted Talk and one cataract surgery. I also plan to read one journal article and read/listen to a book chapter, short story or significant work.
Here’s today’s list:
1. Ted Talk – David Deutsch: A new way to explain explanation. “For tens of thousands of years our ancestors understood the world through myths, and the pace of change was glacial. The rise of scientific understanding transformed the world within a few centuries. Why? Physicist David Deutsch proposes a subtle answer.” (ted.com)
So, what was wrong with that myth and with all prescientific thinking? And what, then, made that momentous difference? I think there’s one thing you have to care about and that implies testability, the scientific method, the Enlightenment and everything. And here’s the crucial thing: there is such a thing as a defect in a story. I don’t just mean a logical defect. I mean a bad explanation. What does that mean?
Physicist David Deutsch (Ted Talk)
2A. Cataract Surgery – Uday Devgan MD – expert white cataract capsulorhexis. Well done.
2B. Cataract Surgery – Dr. Neto Rosatelli – 3D Phaco Clip #44 – Dodick’s Preslice (VR Headset Version). Nice technique.
3. Journal – Vaidya S, Milman T, Shields CL. An Unusual Upper Eyelid Mass. JAMA Ophthalmol. Published online October 22, 2020. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2020.2859
4. Book Chapter – The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss – Chapter 55-56. Almost done! (Gutenberg | enotes).
5. “Survive and Thrive” – Hats off to Gary Wortz MD, Uday Devgan MD, Cherie Fathy MD, Dagny Zhu, MD, Nandini Venkateswaranon MD, and David Felsted DO. The webinar discussed first solo surgery and the early years of practice. Filled with lifetime pearls for surgeons of all specialties. Well done.
