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Richard Feynman, Superstar
Freeman Dyson
He hated all hierarchies, and considered science to be a collective enterprise.
The Illusions of Psychiatry
Marcia Angell
The pharmaceutical industry influences psychiatrists to prescribe psychoactive drugs even for categories of patients in whom the drugs have not been found safe and effective. What should be of greatest concern for Americans is the astonishing rise in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness in children, sometimes as young as two years old. These children are often treated with drugs that were never approved by the FDA for use in this age group and have serious side effects.
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