🧎 The Careerist Believer

Doesn’t believe in ideas. Believes in trajectories.

This neurosurgeon has no real convictions — only alignments. He praises innovation at innovation conferences. He defends tradition when seated beside traditionalists. He changes his “clinical philosophy” as easily as his LinkedIn headline.

His north star? Whatever advances his position. His scientific beliefs? Whatever gets him invited. His ethics? Whatever sounds best in front of the right audience.

He doesn't lie — he adapts. He doesn’t sell out — he networks. He doesn't think — he orients.

He’s fluent in the language of progress, but mute when it comes to principle.

Where does it come from? From a world that rewards pliability. He learned early that those who ask hard questions get isolated — and those who blend in get promoted. So he became a shapeshifter: always agreeable, always available, always vacuous.

To him, curiosity is a luxury. Climbing is a necessity.

What are the consequences? Departments fill with people who say the right things, but stand for nothing. Residents see that loyalty matters more than thought. Conferences become rituals of empty applause. And genuine innovation gets filtered through layers of strategic self-preservation — until it dies of dilution.

Dishonesty type: ⚠️ Systemically dishonest

Prioritizes advancement over authenticity. Undermines intellectual honesty by modeling opportunism.

Bottom line:

He doesn’t practice neurosurgery. He performs upward mobility.