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>>18176581
>From what I've read by him he seems like deeply humane guy with a beautiful prose style, and is extremely based
You're tight. Check out Ramachandran's Phantoms in the Brain too (more for the science than for the beautiful prose).
>>18177362
>Dude also had some weightlifting record in California back in the day
It was odd to find out what a monster he was. I only knew him as a fragile, gentle grandpa until then.

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>>10609268
You'd be surprised by how many public intellectuals were/are actual beasts in the gym.

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I've liked everything I've read from Oliver Sacks but I haven't found anything about his weightlifting days. Does anyone can think of something ?

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>writer
>powerlifter with a 600 pound squat
>closeted fag
>doctor

C'mon fitlit, this is us incarnate

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>>13247

Oliver Sacks was a beast in his prime and wrote some great books on neuropsychological disorders.

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