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Embrace Complexity in Understanding
The speaker was shocked and fascinated by the author's book, 'The Moth and the Iron Lung,' as it challenged their previous understanding of polio. The book delves into the full complexity of polio, offering a model that provides a better explanation than conventional beliefs. Despite not being a professional biologist, the author's deep intellectual fascination with important topics led them to develop models with high predictive power. The author acknowledges that the proposed ideas in their books may not necessarily be true.