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Thoughts on Oliver Sacks? From what I've read by him he seems like deeply humane guy with a beautiful prose style, and is extremely based

>> No.18176909

bump for interest

>> No.18176923

>>18176909
LOL Thank you for bumping my thread

>> No.18177088

>>18176581
The book you posted is pretty good ngl. Found it really sad though with all the people who just didn't work properly but I've been meaning to go back and read the book again.

>> No.18177362

I agree with your assessment entirely. He's more of a case historian, which went out of fashion with academic papers in medical journals, and that case history tradition was a key part of 18th century humanism (and earlier). Glad he persisted in both, and many of his patients benefited greatly. Dude also had some weightlifting record in California back in the day, travelled Canada by motorcycle... Interesting guy.

>> No.18178140

His books are fantastic. You learn a lot about neurology, but his work is deeply interested in the pathos of its subjects, which is what, I think, makes them great literature. The posted book is great, but my favorite is Hallucinations

>> No.18178685

>>18176581
He seems like a nice guy, and on some level his descriptions of people who suffer personality changes after brain injury should be required reading. Story with the deaf people identifying liars from facial cues was neat too.

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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.

>> No.18179475

>>18176581
He's a KIKE so probably made most of it up.

>> No.18179481

That's an interesting book for sure, loved it. It's all really fringe cases where the disorder people have is hard to classify, but that's exactly why it's interesting. Gives some neat insights into human psyche in general. If anyone is wondering, definitely worth reading.

>> No.18179496

>>18179451
extremely base (lifter), so fucking cool. looking up stats now

>> No.18179602

Required reading for relitards and general schizos

>> No.18180322

>>18176581
I have his book Musicophilia, but haven't touched it. Maybe I'll read it over the summer.

>> No.18181442

>>18176581
The World Of The Simple is my manifesto, great book

>> No.18182062

>>18176581
Its a good book and he was an interesting dude who brings across his strong empathy for his patients clearly. Don't know much about neurology but I liked from what I read of him that his approach seemed to be how do we make my patients life better as opposed to finding a 'fix'