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I'm not trying to say that I think the Hurt Doctor was in that particular situation. I'm only outlining a situation in which someone took drastic, irrevocable action without waiting to find out if it was really necessary. That doesn't depend on hindsight -- on knowing the actual results of the tests. It depends only on the knowledge that they'd not yet been completed. What's wrong is having acted without first taking the '''available''' measures to establish that the action was necessary. --[[Special:Contributions/89.242.74.48|89.242.74.48]]<sup>[[User talk:89.242.74.48#top|talk to me]]</sup> 05:20, June 16, 2013 (UTC) | I'm not trying to say that I think the Hurt Doctor was in that particular situation. I'm only outlining a situation in which someone took drastic, irrevocable action without waiting to find out if it was really necessary. That doesn't depend on hindsight -- on knowing the actual results of the tests. It depends only on the knowledge that they'd not yet been completed. What's wrong is having acted without first taking the '''available''' measures to establish that the action was necessary. --[[Special:Contributions/89.242.74.48|89.242.74.48]]<sup>[[User talk:89.242.74.48#top|talk to me]]</sup> 05:20, June 16, 2013 (UTC) | ||
What you are saying makes sense. Except for the fact that the Doctor is always saying he was stupid for not realizing something, and his mistake costs something to someone. He readily admits misunderstanding things in the God Complex, for example. He leads the clerics to their doom by not realizing that all the monuments surrounding them are short one head. Granted he usually doesn't preface a decision with, "We could wait a bit and be sure, and there is no reason not to, but let's not anyway." What usually happens is that there is no time to discover the crucial detail which will be uncovered before the end of the story. Circumstances force his hand. But that seems to be what Hurt is saying as well. Would 11 be so accepting of Hurt's explanation if his fault was carelessness? And while one would not want a careless physician, would one really characterize a careless physician as one who broke his promise? Is that really how one would put it?[[User:Phil Stone|Phil Stone]] [[User talk:Phil Stone|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 06:21, June 16, 2013 (UTC) | |||