Dr. Abraham Morgentaler

Especially because all the arguments are on my side. It's an amazing thing to try and get people to open their minds. But these ideas die hard. I would say that the myth about testosterone and prostate cancer is the most persistent myth in medicine. It's been pervasive. And just the other day, I had somebody that I know who's in his mid-70s. He's got an uncertain spot by MRI of his prostate.

Especially because all the arguments are on my side. It's an amazing thing to try and get people to open their minds. But these ideas die hard. I would say that the myth about testosterone and prostate cancer is the most persistent myth in medicine. It's been pervasive. And just the other day, I had somebody that I know who's in his mid-70s. He's got an uncertain spot by MRI of his prostate.

So we went to see this prostate cancer specialist. He says, listen, we're going to biopsy it. I don't know that we're going to treat it necessarily, given your age, and it may just be a low-risk thing. But if we find anything at all, you're going to have to stop your testosterone, which he's been taking for about 10 years with great success. Now, this is an academic center in a major city.

So we went to see this prostate cancer specialist. He says, listen, we're going to biopsy it. I don't know that we're going to treat it necessarily, given your age, and it may just be a low-risk thing. But if we find anything at all, you're going to have to stop your testosterone, which he's been taking for about 10 years with great success. Now, this is an academic center in a major city.

There's no reason, it makes no sense that academic people are still saying this garbage to people. It's based on nothing.

There's no reason, it makes no sense that academic people are still saying this garbage to people. It's based on nothing.

But that's a whole other topic. So you know who said it best is... So old ideas die hard. And there's this guy, Max Planck, who won the Nobel Prize for physics somewhere in the 40s or 50s. And he wrote about new ideas. And I'll try and do the quote credit because I think it's great. He says, new scientific concepts do not triumph because the opponents to it have been convinced.

But that's a whole other topic. So you know who said it best is... So old ideas die hard. And there's this guy, Max Planck, who won the Nobel Prize for physics somewhere in the 40s or 50s. And he wrote about new ideas. And I'll try and do the quote credit because I think it's great. He says, new scientific concepts do not triumph because the opponents to it have been convinced.

And now they see all of a sudden see the light. It's because they die. It's because they die and a new generation that's familiar with it grows up with it. And the short version of that is that science proceeds one funeral at a time.

And now they see all of a sudden see the light. It's because they die. It's because they die and a new generation that's familiar with it grows up with it. And the short version of that is that science proceeds one funeral at a time.

Right. So it's just amazing. People hold on. And what happens is people don't like new information. They don't like new concepts that differ from what they've been taught. I've had people, you know, early days, I had people walk out of my lectures. I gave grand rounds at important places like UCLA and elsewhere. And there was an older chief.

Right. So it's just amazing. People hold on. And what happens is people don't like new information. They don't like new concepts that differ from what they've been taught. I've had people, you know, early days, I had people walk out of my lectures. I gave grand rounds at important places like UCLA and elsewhere. And there was an older chief.

And the chief always has the last word after the guest speaks. And I remember at UCLA, Gene DeCernian, who was a famous and very important, brilliant man. So some of the stuff I'm talking to you about today was not nearly as, it didn't have as many supporters as it did then. And he said, well, this is all very well and good.

And the chief always has the last word after the guest speaks. And I remember at UCLA, Gene DeCernian, who was a famous and very important, brilliant man. So some of the stuff I'm talking to you about today was not nearly as, it didn't have as many supporters as it did then. And he said, well, this is all very well and good.

But, you know, I remember back in the day, we had experiences that were completely different with that. So I'm not going to take it too seriously right now.

But, you know, I remember back in the day, we had experiences that were completely different with that. So I'm not going to take it too seriously right now.

And that was it. He had the final word. The students are there. The residents are there. The other faculty are there. And it's just hard. Some of the old ideas have to just... The people who hold them don't want to change their minds.

And that was it. He had the final word. The students are there. The residents are there. The other faculty are there. And it's just hard. Some of the old ideas have to just... The people who hold them don't want to change their minds.

There's a lot of evidence that people confronted with evidence that contradicts what their beliefs are actually double down and they hold their beliefs even more strongly.

There's a lot of evidence that people confronted with evidence that contradicts what their beliefs are actually double down and they hold their beliefs even more strongly.