MindHacks provided a link to a paper about the history of lobotomy. I found this paragraph in the MindHacks piece rather interesting, if also both dismaying and revealing about humanity: What it does illustrate is how a damaging and useless treatment could be perceived as helpful and compassionate by Freeman and, presumably, other doctors because of how docility and, in some cases, genuine reduced distress were valued above the person’s self-integrity and autonomy. (read more) — just like treatment with neurotoxic drugs today…damn…