I was under the impression that Oliver Sacks was well regarded among his professional colleagues, so he wouldn’t just make up a bunch of important stuff out of whole cloth.
I have read about people who were skeptical of the substance of the Phineas Gage story too (i.e. that he had this big involuntary personality shift after his injury.)
I was under the impression that Oliver Sacks was well regarded among his professional colleagues, so he wouldn’t just make up a bunch of important stuff out of whole cloth.
I have read about people who were skeptical of the substance of the Phineas Gage story too (i.e. that he had this big involuntary personality shift after his injury.)