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How Science Lost Its Way and Created an Army of Doubters

At one time, there was a consensus among the scientific community and, in fact, it was a common procedure, to remove part of one’s brain, to cure certain mental disorders.

For nearly 2,000 years, the practice of withdrawing blood from a patient to cure or prevent illness and disease was once the most common medical practice performed by surgeons — until the late…

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