Reply to GCS.

Yeah Deborah! Your contribution is important! I need to know whether I am as ridiculous as GCS says :P

And cheap, baseless attack? Hahaha the first part is, but the second part isn't what. Aren't you not supposed to run away? My basis is your scholarship deed :D

Alright, there is definitely a difference in perspective. Things that we are concerned about are essentially quite different. I don't know anything about economics theory obviously, but I still want to urge you to not think that economics is all powerful. Neither is science, nor medicine, nor anything that is always viewed as sources of authority.

You always sound like you are very very sure that what you have learnt and what you have read is right. Well I am not wrong to say that you are like Singapore governement officials in this case? Yeah these things can predict things to some level of certainty, and we depend on them to guide us, but they almost always never work as theory says. Precedents do not always apply in all situations either. The reasons for people to go to black markets are different in different cases, before and after the existence of a regulated market, and even the groups of people who patronize the black market will be different. How can you be so sure that your alcohol prohibition example works in the organ market situation too?

I won't expect you to understand why I feel that advertisements and harassment constitutes infringement of liberty, but if you pull back a little, take more things into cosideration, it might become less ridiculous to you.

To you it is ridiculous, but sadly, to me, it isn't. Yeah and to the doctor, it is also ridiculous, irrational, and stupid for the patient to not listen to his advice. That is never the case. You will never be a good doctor, scientist, policy maker etc. if anything besides what you believe in are 'wild claims', 'irrational', or whatever terms you might use.

Actually, I am not convinced of why we should accept a regulated market when an intermediate system is proven to be workable. Well, you may tell me some theory that says that the whole thing will end up in an open market in the end, but we definitely are not ready to accept it. Please consider how different people will react to even a regulated market. Hmms to you all of them are irrational because they all chose to turn a blind eye to all the obvious benefits right?

I am just starting to decipher intricate relationships between scientists, doctors, patients and policy makers. I guess in order for me to formulate a full opinion I need to continue to read and take classes until end of junior year. Though now I know that economics is simply one of the many factors affecting this relationship. Organ donation is an issue right in the middle of this mess... that's why I'm interested.

Anyway, I would love to take economics classes... but I will need to put in too much effort because I have zero background. I realised I might need to do human anatomy and physiology also other than those molecular stuff in order for me to be reasonably well prepared for PhD in any branch of medicine, and I am taking on history of science and medicine definitely.

So no time for economics... tell me more will you? :P