that would not have opened had they not had that disease! hi there 1.whats meaning of this sentente"But in every case, Oliver Sacks, you find this new avenue opening, that would not have opened had they not had that disease! That’s the paradox. 2."you"referes to whom??? TERKEL: This is the first of Oliver Sacks’s new book, An Anthropologist on Mars. We’ll come to that very title itself. Alien place for this particular person, this woman, who is remarkable. And of course we’ll come to “The Last Hippie,” to the surgeon with Tourette’s, to a special kind of artist who re-sees the hometown of his childhood landscape of his dreams, and an autistic kid who becomes a remarkable artist. But in every case, Oliver Sacks, you find this new avenue opening, that would not have opened had they not had that disease! That’s the paradox.