MarxistI am not a doctor though I did do a medical practicum as a dentist for a month. So that's pretty close right?
Although, after reading this thread I will come down in favor of cutting the skin off of eggplant after cooking. Indeed, it is easier to cook it with the skin still on, but after that it's, in my experience, far too likely that you'll encounter an unpleasant tasting bit of skin at some point whilst eating the eggplant, that it's best to just cut it off after cooking and avoid the whole thing.
Maybe it's different culture, but my mom makes lots of stuff with eggplant (like friend eggplant) and always leaves the skin and it tastes amazing