Oliver Sacks: Nervous System and the Soul (excerpt) - Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove

NOTE: This is an excerpt from a 30-minute DVD.
http://www.thinkingallowed.com/2osacks.html

Dramatic, musical and mathematical qualities of the soul are available even those with neurological challenges. Oliver Sacks, M.D., is author of Awakenings, A Leg to Stand On and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. He maintains that our our conventional awareness is limited compared to the talents of those with Tourette's syndrome and other disorders.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Neurology
• Tourette's Syndrome
• Oliver Sacks
• Thinnking Allowed

[BlackSabotage100]

Not to be prejudice but I saw this video because of the guy's beard

[sedothlove]

amazing! thank you for posting

[MrMattJPage]

this interviewer is pretty smart

[BlackSabotage100]

@DanteMoodyFilms It is really is.

[alwinder60]

Great video!,thank you!

[Haseeb2]

Those two twins he mentioned did have a technique, but in his book he wrote about how others with normal abilities were unable to do the calculations as fast as them despite knowing the technique.

[JossJossJoss1]

5k views for a story about a guy who takes so much speed he develops super-senses? and from a real actual doctor? WE MUST REMEDY THIS SITUATION

[allaboutdatGDA]

kurt cobain read "perfume" and it influenced his writing for "frances farmer will have her revenge on seattle. also, "el dopa" is a great song written by steve albini that is influenced by a patient that oliver sacks had years ago.

[califgirl101]

What an interesting video this is! Thank you again for posting this video for us! :)