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Oliver Sacks—The Biebs of Neurologists—on Hallucinations
“The Justin Bieber of Neurologists.” That’s how NPR’s John Hockenberry—noting that the World Science Festival program “Hallucinations with Oliver Sacks” had sold out in a matter of hours—described the celebrated doctor and best-selling author. Their conversation at The Cooper Union on Friday, November 9, was both humorous and compelling, and marked the debut of Sacks’ new book, Hallucinations. The evening also kicked off the festival’s new year-round series, Science & Story. Sacks, renowned for investigating the odd workings of the human mind, described vivid accounts of people who see, hear, smell, even feel things that aren’t actually there. “You think it’s real but other people don’t agree with you,” Sacks explained.
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