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Writer and scientist Oliver Sacks invented and falsified events described in his works, according to The New Yorker.

By boriskov · Published on December 13, 2025

American neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks, known for the bestsellers "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" and "Awakenings," falsified and fabricated cases from his medical practice, and also attributed his own ideas to patients, presenting them as their words and actions. This is the conclusion reached by The New Yorker, based on an analysis of Sacks's personal diaries.

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