The Lobotomist - danger of attachment to a belief / practice?

http://www.the-scientist.com/templates/trackable/display/news.jsp?type=news&o_url=news/display/54179&id=54179

It's sad to think of what was being done to people, but also notable:

By the 1950s, lobotomies began to lose favor with the medical
community, as long-term observations became available. In 1954, the
spread of the new drug thorazine provided a popular and non-surgical
alternative. Freeman, however, could not forsake the procedure that
made him famous. He moved to Los Altos, California, and performed
lobotomies on a broader range of patients: depressed housewives or
misbehaving children.

Someone who continues to practice despite evidence that the practice is
wrong, due to attachment to the practice? Or out of continuing belief
that the practice is good? I wonder about parallels elsewhere in the
world including in religion. (Probably more others than Buddhism)

- Richard

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