Portuguese doctor Antonio Egas Moniz - inventor of frontal lobotomy - received the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1949. The science was completely settled at that time in regard to lobotomy benefits.

Below are a few other recent examples on how "the science was settled". Everything below was declared completely safe by scientists, doctors, and politicians:

• Asbestos
• BPA
• Cigarettes
• DDT
• Diethylstilbestrol DES
• Leaded gasoline
• Mercury fillings
• Thalidomide