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I don't know that I've got the fortitude to look into it just now. I once almost feinted at the wheel while listening to a truly horrifying NPR piece called "m
by brandnewlow 18y ago
I don't know that I've got the fortitude to look into it just now. I once almost feinted at the wheel while listening to a truly horrifying NPR piece called "my lobotomy." http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5014080 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5014080
And yes, by all accounts this was a case of people making the best of a bizarre situation. And I truly do hope that tangible good comes out this research if it has not already, beyond simply "we got a little smarter" which I find unsatisfying personally.
- mechanical_fish 18y agoI truly do hope that tangible good comes out this research No need to hope. I'm sure the H.M. case, once it became widely publicized among a new generation of doctors, did a lot to help discredit psychosurgery. Even without listening to your NPR piece (which I will not do :) I'm pretty sure that that's a good thing.