Interesting plot

Tomorrow I have a meeting with the director of a program I am applying to.  To prepare for it, my dad thought it would be a good idea to promote my Chinese heritage and the medical background of my family.  I sat down with my dad for an hour this evening so he could tell me his ideas for getting into the program.  This is where I realize how much of a narcissist my father really is.  The entire hour, he talked about how he helped people as a doctor and all the great things he's done: founding the first school for Oriental medicine, restoring the health of terminal patients, being offered thousands of dollars in cash for his work, etc.  The entire discussion was one-sided.  When I asked how this would help me get into the program he said, "Yea", and continued telling his story.  At this point, I know there's no hope so I humor him and just listen to what he has to say.

While listening to his stories about the faults and inconsistencies in western medicine, I began to drift off into my dream world.  Then I had an interesting thought.  What if all medicine was a lie?  What if it turned out that everything we think about medicine is false?  The millions of dollars spent every year turns out to be for nothing.  Everything we ever thought about the healing powers of pills and vitamins turn out to be nothing more than the placebo effect in global effect.  What if medicine weren't real?  If people found out and lost faith in medicine people would die faster than the people in Haiti.  YA BURNT! Too soon?  But anyways, it just got me thinking how much of a placebo effect there is.  Another spin-off of René Descartes "I think therefore I am" notion.

Just a thought.  May have potential to be written as some sort of fiction book or movie.

Until next time,

Take the red pill.

-Alex Thunderlips