That, with an unfortunate side of not getting past this. Take a look at the overuse of back surgery, despite decades of evidence that it is almost always the wr

That, with an unfortunate side of not getting past this. Take a look at the overuse of back surgery, despite decades of evidence that it is almost always the wrong approach for back problems. Why does it persist? Three reasons. 1) Back surgery is very profitable. 2) Back surgeons are emotionally inclined to believe that they've done good rather than harm. 3) Professionals are generally unable to learn from long-term outcomes. The last is true to a shocking extent, and was revealed over again in Daniel Kahneman's research.