<![CDATA[I find it interesting that a reporter found Oliver Sacks confessing to fabricating patients for his books *in his own words in his own journals* and this revelation just kind of bounced off of the world.]]>I find it interesting that a reporter found Oliver Sacks confessing to fabricating patients for his books *in his own words in his own journals* and this revelation just kind of bounced off of the world.

His reputation seems to have not taken a hit as far as I can tell. If this happened to a living writer I think there'd be large repercussions for that person's career.

Rachel Aviv & The New Yorker handled the reporting and writing deftly and with sensitivity...maybe that's why. A headline blaring that Sacks was a fabulist probably would've had more impact.

Oliver Sacks Put Himself Into His Case Studies. What Was the Cost? | The New Yorker
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/15/oliver-sacks-put-himself-into-his-case-studies-what-was-the-cost

]]>https://postcall.pub/topic/baa92a79-da2a-4033-8120-d6a54b1d1984/i-find-it-interesting-that-a-reporter-found-oliver-sacks-confessing-to-fabricating-patients-for-his-books-in-his-own-words-in-his-own-journals-and-this-revelation-just-kind-of-bounced-off-of-the-world.RSS for NodeFri, 09 Oct 2026 01:21:25 GMTSun, 30 Aug 2026 18:42:58 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I find it interesting that a reporter found Oliver Sacks confessing to fabricating patients for his books *in his own words in his own journals* and this revelation just kind of bounced off of the world. on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 21:41:40 GMT]]>@brianvastag But not research

]]>https://postcall.pub/post/https://mastodon.social/users/RFancio/statuses/117186632111179226https://postcall.pub/post/https://mastodon.social/users/RFancio/statuses/117186632111179226Sun, 30 Aug 2026 21:41:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I find it interesting that a reporter found Oliver Sacks confessing to fabricating patients for his books *in his own words in his own journals* and this revelation just kind of bounced off of the world. on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 21:35:57 GMT]]>@RFancio His books were and are marketed and sold as non-fiction, as were his pieces for The New Yorker. Amazon puts most of his books in their "medicine/neuroscience" section. Aviv reported Sacks's own words from his own journals admitting to fabricating patients and stories, such as the autistic twins who could supposedly instantly factoring 21-digit numbers. So it's not an accusation, it's reporting Sacks's own confessions.

]]>https://postcall.pub/post/https://mas.to/users/brianvastag/statuses/117186609642347403https://postcall.pub/post/https://mas.to/users/brianvastag/statuses/117186609642347403Sun, 30 Aug 2026 21:35:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I find it interesting that a reporter found Oliver Sacks confessing to fabricating patients for his books *in his own words in his own journals* and this revelation just kind of bounced off of the world. on Sun, 30 Aug 2026 20:06:02 GMT]]>@brianvastag What he wrote wasn't a research paper, it was literature, and therefore this accusations don't standard all.

]]>https://postcall.pub/post/https://mastodon.social/users/RFancio/statuses/117186256071396176https://postcall.pub/post/https://mastodon.social/users/RFancio/statuses/117186256071396176Sun, 30 Aug 2026 20:06:02 GMT