Afterwards, You're a Genius
Brown, Chip. Afterwards, You're a Genius: Faith, Medicine, and the Metaphysics of Healing. 1998. (615.5 BRO)
Chip Brown caught my eye two decades ago with a strong New Yorker article (“I Now Walk Into the Wild,” about the doomed young hiker Chris McCandless). Even in that great magazine the article stood out for its eloquence, balance and sensitivity. I picked up this book looking for something similar on the topic of non-standard medical treatment. As in the New Yorker, Brown ponders rather than opines here, in an anecdotal style that's always clever, and often brilliant.
Like his readers, Brown believes in the scientific method: verifiable (or disprovable) hypotheses. But he knows that many of the same readers also believe in phenomena that can’t be tested: God, for example, or ineffable connections between lovers or between parents and children. This leads him toward poetic musings about his search for truths in healing, more than toward actual results. If you know this going in you’ll probably enjoy the book. (Jeff B., Reader's Services)
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