Oliver Sacks was a noted neurologist, pioneering entire subfields within his profession. He was also a best-selling author, describing the human brain as the “most incredible thing in the universe.” He led a remarkably varied life while suffering from a neurological affliction called prosopagnosia, more commonly known as “face blindness.” This condition contributed to his severe shyness since he couldn’t recognize faces, even if he recognized everything else about you. At times he would even not recognize his own face in the mirror.25 In 2012, after a lecture on hallucination at Cooper Union
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