Abhijit Naskar's Blog - Posts Tagged "expertise"
Celebrities Ain't Health Experts (The Sonnet)
Celebrities and influencers are not health experts,
Stop taking medical advice from halfwits of wellness.
Stop being a two-bit doctor from ten minutes of googling,
For Google is not a substitute for doctors and nurses.
Compared to that of a trained and experienced doctor,
Even as a neurobiologist my diagnosis skills are insignifant.
Then why can't you accept that when it comes to medicine,
Your opinion is worth no more than a counterfeit coin.
One goes through years of training and many sleepless nights,
Then they earn the right to wear the white coat of service.
And yet upon spending an hour surfing on the internet,
You put on the personality of a grey-haired neurologist!
Lack of expertise is by no means the same as lack of dignity.
But denial of expertise indicates a definite lack of senility.
Stop taking medical advice from halfwits of wellness.
Stop being a two-bit doctor from ten minutes of googling,
For Google is not a substitute for doctors and nurses.
Compared to that of a trained and experienced doctor,
Even as a neurobiologist my diagnosis skills are insignifant.
Then why can't you accept that when it comes to medicine,
Your opinion is worth no more than a counterfeit coin.
One goes through years of training and many sleepless nights,
Then they earn the right to wear the white coat of service.
And yet upon spending an hour surfing on the internet,
You put on the personality of a grey-haired neurologist!
Lack of expertise is by no means the same as lack of dignity.
But denial of expertise indicates a definite lack of senility.
We Are Turkiye (The Sonnet) / Biz Türkiye (Bilim Adamının Şiiri) | Vande Vasudhaivam
“We Are Turkiye (The Sonnet)
Earthquake may shatter our houses,
But it can never shatter our hearts.
We shall rise from the rubble once again,
We shall build back against nature’s curse.
But this time let us build back better,
By putting our faith in science not politics.
We could’ve averted such cataclysmic terror,
Had we heeded the warnings of scientists.
A scientist works to preserve life,
Politician plays publicity with death.
Given the choice between the two,
Listen to the scientist without wait.
Why do people have to die
for us to open our eyes!
If we still fail to heed reason,
nothing will stop the funeral cries.”
“Biz Türkiye (Bilim Adamının Şiiri)
Deprem binalarımızı yıkabilir,
Ama hiçbir deprem umudumuzu kıramaz.
Enkazdan biz yeniden yükseleceğiz,
Hiçbir felaket bizi köle yapamaz.
Gelin, milletimizi daha iyi inşa edelim,
Bu sefer siyasete değil bilime güvenelim.
Eğer bilimin uyarılarını dinleseydik,
Böyle bir felaketi önleyebilirdik.
Bilim insanı hayatı korumak için çalışır,
Politikacı ölümle politika oynar.
Herhangi bir karar vermen gerekiyorsa,
Bilim adamını dinleyerek karar ver.
Gözümüzü açabilmemiz için neden
insanların ölmesi gerekiyor?
Hala mantıklı davranmazsak,
cenazeler hiç durmuyor.”
Earthquake may shatter our houses,
But it can never shatter our hearts.
We shall rise from the rubble once again,
We shall build back against nature’s curse.
But this time let us build back better,
By putting our faith in science not politics.
We could’ve averted such cataclysmic terror,
Had we heeded the warnings of scientists.
A scientist works to preserve life,
Politician plays publicity with death.
Given the choice between the two,
Listen to the scientist without wait.
Why do people have to die
for us to open our eyes!
If we still fail to heed reason,
nothing will stop the funeral cries.”
“Biz Türkiye (Bilim Adamının Şiiri)
Deprem binalarımızı yıkabilir,
Ama hiçbir deprem umudumuzu kıramaz.
Enkazdan biz yeniden yükseleceğiz,
Hiçbir felaket bizi köle yapamaz.
Gelin, milletimizi daha iyi inşa edelim,
Bu sefer siyasete değil bilime güvenelim.
Eğer bilimin uyarılarını dinleseydik,
Böyle bir felaketi önleyebilirdik.
Bilim insanı hayatı korumak için çalışır,
Politikacı ölümle politika oynar.
Herhangi bir karar vermen gerekiyorsa,
Bilim adamını dinleyerek karar ver.
Gözümüzü açabilmemiz için neden
insanların ölmesi gerekiyor?
Hala mantıklı davranmazsak,
cenazeler hiç durmuyor.”
Sonnet 1106 | Vande Vasudhaivam
When an expert doesn’t know something,
They say, “I don’t know”, without tricks.
But an armchair intellectual knows it all,
Tiktok and Insta are their clinics.
An expert’s worth remains the same,
with or without Tiktok and Insta.
Armchair intellectuals are here today gone tomorrow,
with the tiniest algorithm change of social media.
My work will continue,
with or without social media.
My work will continue,
with or without internet.
My work will continue,
with or without electricity even,
so will the work of every expert sapiens.
Instant popularity vanishes just as instantly,
Today you are relevant, tomorrow you are gone.
Make a real contribution that isn’t overshadowed
by the next big tech revolution.
They say, “I don’t know”, without tricks.
But an armchair intellectual knows it all,
Tiktok and Insta are their clinics.
An expert’s worth remains the same,
with or without Tiktok and Insta.
Armchair intellectuals are here today gone tomorrow,
with the tiniest algorithm change of social media.
My work will continue,
with or without social media.
My work will continue,
with or without internet.
My work will continue,
with or without electricity even,
so will the work of every expert sapiens.
Instant popularity vanishes just as instantly,
Today you are relevant, tomorrow you are gone.
Make a real contribution that isn’t overshadowed
by the next big tech revolution.
