Bad Medicine by Christopher Wanjek, Wiley, $15.95, ISBN 047143499X Reviewed by Clare Wilson
MOST of us use only 10 per cent of our brains, or so it is claimed. So why do we never hear a doctor say: “Fortunately, the bullet destroyed the 90 per cent of the brain he doesn’t use. He’s good to go – call me in the morning.”?
Because it’s nonsense, of course – despite being frequently cited by faith healers and others to explain their “superpowers”. Christopher Wanjek gives a sound evolutionary explanation of this claim’s improbability.
This book will appeal to anyone who gets wound up…
