Oliver Sacks: On Robin Williams and the Brain (Feb 23, 1995) | Charlie Rose

In this 1995 interview, famed neurologist and author Oliver Sacks talks about the perils of profiling people, his friendship with Robin Williams (who played him in the film "Awakenings"), his wariness of technology, an island where 10% of the population can't see color, and his wonder over our "unimaginably complex and beautiful" brains.
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Oliver Sacks: On Robin Williams and the Brain (Feb 23, 1995) | Charlie Rose
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[@waynewatson2609]

Oliver Sacks has inspired me to take up study at the age of 46.What an insight he has to the mind and brain .Thank you Mr Sacks, for your contribution to our understanding you will be forevermore in our memories and our education ----Tracie Hall Australia Melbourne .

[@jackspry9736]

RIP Dr. Oliver Sacks (July 9, 1933 - August 30, 2015), aged 82 And RIP Robin Williams (July 21, 1951 - August 11, 2014), aged 63 You both will always be remembered as legends.

[@greensky01]

It's fascinating a coincidence that both were born and deceased in the same months, respectively.

[@JennLonhon]

Oh to be a fly on the wall in the room where Oliver Sacks and Robin Williams just sit and talk and discuss life

[@greensky01]

Let the man speak and finish one thought before bombarding him with another question!

[@happyme3556]

what an amazing man, his humanity is something to be in ore of.

[@Gothamauto]

I see what you did, there.

[@jasonbell6019]

If this was a Goldman Sacks pun, then I salute you

[@aliceputt3133]

So sad that two of my favorite people are now gone, Oliver Sacks and Robin Williams.

[@benparkinson8314]

These two men made a huge impression on me in my earlier years. Oliver Sacks is so interested in the people and I thought that was great. So to with Charlie Rose and the idea of sitting down and really talking to other people about the world.

[@gabrieldimasyazbek]

Robin Williams was Dr. Sacks and Dr. Sacks was Robin Williams. They were, just like he said, so similiar but complementary creatures. They looked alike, they moved alike. It's so amazing.

[@bouncebitsh]

If Oliver wasn't so brilliant, I would have turned this interview off in the first few seconds because of Charlie Rose's constant ignorant interruption...

[@susanlambert1797]

exactly what I thought

[@WarriorMigs24]

Thank you Oliver

[@jalehradmard4775]

BRAIN TRANSPLANT for People without Conscious...Thanks.... RIP

[@GuppyPal]

I generally love Charlie Rose, but he spoke far too much in this interview. Especially with someone like Oliver Sacks who is a voracious writer, you really just need to sit back and let him talk.

[@abelhuang2527]

👍

[@mallory5872]

I used to love Charlie rose then I watched him interview the author of Angela's Ashes. I didn't want to watch him after that and I never read the book.

[@thealchemist1111]

Oliver Sacks was yoked back in the 60s. Absolute unit. Muscle Beach frequenter.

[@carpo719]

Such a strange coincidence.... just the other day I was saying to my wife that Sacks looked like Robin Williams, then this comes up. Weird. Sacks is a great author; I just finished Hallucinations, and am working on Musicophilia. Like it a lot.

[@divinesignatures6225]

carpo719 Was your phone, aka listening device, nearby when you said that?

[@baldilocks1914]

Brilliant man Oliver

[@irishelk3]

Very smiley and intriguing guy, his Oaxaca journal was one of my favourite books, I read the whole thing and I rarely finish a book.

[@greensky01]

Robin William and Dr. Sacks resemble each other in looks, attitude, and charity.

[@GoodbyePanama]

charlie rose's constant interrupting is really annoying. He should stop answering his own questions and let Sacks speak.

[@Cdnl4927]

Well don’t have to worry about that anymore since his sexual naughtiness allegations came out.

[@MrClingclong]

Oliver was able to get an ordinary Joe such as I to get interested in his work. That's quite a feat. His books are not only interesting to read, they are very beautiful, full of humanity, always an uplifting experience. I'm reading 'The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat', at the moment and it's sheer joy.

[@caramason56]

Awesome man

[@Rescuedandfine]

An angel in this cruel, fake world. And none can explain the importance of the presence of "human" in some disciplines anymore. We're done.

[@ehlerhog]

I like Charlie, always did. I LOVE Dr. Sacks tho. I woulda LOVED to have been his,friend.

[@mallory5872]

He is so cute. I used to sleep with his picture.

[@davidgordon7673]

That is extremely sweet.

[@kariwattsup]

Strange that I see Robin Williams in him. Perhaps they are strangely from the same Genus, phylum, species. Etc...

[@anjeden10]

Technically species include other unawakened people are of that same species....same Worldview, perspective, etc

[@vincenzollamas]

oh man Charlie can be obnoxious, but Oliver shines through

[@mrmike9793]

0:40 Yes you are, Charlie. Over and over and over again.

[@DTD110865]

I still want to know what the deal was with the woman who was afraid of pens.

[@irishelk3]

Just listen to the answers ay Charlie?

[@mattja312]

Well, Charlie Rose had a rather ignoble end to a persistently annoying career, justifiably so. BTW, real big fan of Oliver Sacks and this was an especially egregious interview.

[@jastrel]

Interviewer, shut up and let Dr. Sacks talk.

[@kariwattsup]

Yeah... Really interesting the many similarities between he and Robin. Robin was not completely of this earth. That's probably why he spaced himself from Robin for a while. It seems as if Mork was already like this man. It's quite uncanny. 💚

[@tinderbox218]

Charlie Rose the Interrupter, the worst interviewer ever who always somehow booked the best guests. Why Rose needs to say anything during this interview is beyond me. Just let the great man talk.

[@Crayolapup]

Wtf is olivers probs?

[@fenixcreciente8576]

Ruben Toco - It's said that he was an extremely high-functioning autist... a multi-talented genius, really; enormously accomplished in a number of different fields--though like many such individuals somewhat socially awkward. People like that are often hard for most people to fully relate to or appreciate.