A Bit More Critique of A Critique
This is a follow up note on my last post “Critique of A Critique” which listed my criticisms of a letter by Dr. Jennifer Gunter concerning Donald Trump’s health as affirmed by his phyician, Dr. Harold Bornstein. Please see my last post for details. There is one more point I’d like to make that I didn’t include in my original post (it was late in the evening when I wrote it). The point I’d like to discuss now is Dr. Gunter’s reaction to Dr. Bornstein’s conclusion that Donald Trump would be the “healthiest individual ever to be elected to the presidency”. Dr. Gunter takes exception to this statement noting that Dr. Bornstein is not a “medical historian.” Duh! Apparently, Dr. Gunter is unaware that this statement was NOT meant to be an encyclopedic review of the history American presidential health, but rather, was an figurative expression of Trump’s overall fitness! Mon Dieu! Such lack of awareness is a reflection of what is sometimes referred to as “concrete thinking”, which is quite rare in practicing physicians.