Matt Whiting writes:

So if someone who had never been to medical school posed as a surgeon
and operated on your wife or child and killed them, you'd be OK if they
weren't charged with murder?

If he knew what he was doing, they wouldn't be killed. If he didn't
know what he was doing, they'd be killed. Either way, his attendance
at medical school (or lack thereof) would be irrelevant.

After all, a medical license is just a piece of paper from the government.

Quite so.

It's important not to overestimate the utility of credentials.

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