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From the page titled "Our Scientists, Doctors, and Researchers"

  programmer
  gamer
  mba
  programmer
  student/mathematics
  student/medicine
  md/recent grad
  student/medicine
  econ BA/finance (labeled researcher)
  marine biologist (labeled researcher)
  industrial engineer/entrepreneur (labeled senior researcher)
  econ BA/event planner
  student/philosophy+neuroscience+law (labeled researcher)
  md/recent grad (labeled researcher)
  eagle scout/philosopher (labeled researcher)
  graphic designer
  md/practicioner
  novelist
  phd molecular biologist/recent grad  (labeled researcher)
  programmer (labeled researcher)
  college research assistant  (labeled researcher)
  blogger
  programmer
http://www.metamed.com/our-scientists-doctors-researchers



What surprised me most about that page is that the Chief Science Officer doesn't have an MD or a PhD, though several other employees do. (Also, the Singularity Institute ties immediately rub me the wrong way, though that's a matter for another time.)


That's what scared me. Seriously, for a company like this, a Chief Science Officer must have a PhD. And there needs to be a Chief Medical Officer that is an MD (possibly the same person).

Starting a company like this with med students (I'm sure she's nice, but the VP of Biology hasn't even finished her MD yet), is not the way to do this. It's a way to get sued.

So while the goals may be good, this is not the way to do it.




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