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Anniversaries: X years ago today
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Sacks was such a brilliant guy too.
"The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat" is a great read, and of course "Awakenings" was the basis of the Robin Williams movie (also RIP).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Mistook_His_Wife_for_a_Hat
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awakenings_(book)
https://youtu.be/7exeVt7CaE4
(Also Julie Kavner - Marge Simpson)
Here's one of my favorite TED talks of all time, “What Hallucination Reveals About Our Minds", where he explains Charles Bonnet syndrome, a condition where people with impaired vision experience elaborate, lucid hallucinations:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgOTaXhbqPQ