From Ken D. Berry MD:

Back in the 1940-50s a Lobotomy in the treatment of certain mental disorders was considered "Settled Science". If a doctor questioned this barbaric procedure he would have been viewed as ignorant or inadequate.

In fact, in 1949, the inventor of the procedure, Doctor António Egas Moniz, was awarded the Nobel Prize for his discovery. Lobotomy was considered Standard of Care, and any neurosurgeon not performing this accepted procedure would have been considered sub-standard.

Looking back now, we realize how ignorant these doctors were, and how dangerous this procedure was. Thousands of patients had their SELF destroyed by this procedure and became docile, robotic, non-humans

So, when you hear someone say the phrase "Settled Science," just remember that the Lobotomy used to be that. When you hear someone talk about Standard of Care, realize that this is often based on no meaningful research, and based entirely on the opinions of a few "experts" in the field.

There is no such thing as Settled Science, everything should be questioned and studied.

Standard of Care is a false paradigm implying that we know everything about a subject there is to know, and that this model should not be questioned.

Think, study, watch, research, debate; we are figuring it out as we go.
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5014576
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio_Egas_Moniz

Tim adds:

Well said Dr. Berry! And remember how they used to assure us stomach ulcers were caused by rich and spicy food and stress, when in fact they were caused by infections easily treated.Or when they told us we needed to eat more grain and everyone got fat as a whale? They laughed at Dr. Atkins for his all-protein diet but he was eventually vindicated. When "the Science is settled" we become stuck in a morass of superstition and idiocy.

And don't forget eugenics was "settled science" in its day.

John Lees adds:

Back at the turn of the century madness in women was put down to "hysteria". The cure involved removing their womb. That continued for decades.
More settled science.

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