Henry Gustav Molaison.
wau.
― tipsy mothra, Friday, 5 December 2008 20:22 (seventeen years ago)
For the next 55 years, each time he met a friend, each time he ate a meal, each time he walked in the woods, it was as if for the first time.
― tipsy mothra, Friday, 5 December 2008 20:23 (seventeen years ago)
too bad. should've hooked up with that woman who can't forget anything.
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 5 December 2008 20:24 (seventeen years ago)
instantrimshot.com
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Friday, 5 December 2008 20:25 (seventeen years ago)
I was just about to link them.
― Ruudside Picnic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 5 December 2008 20:29 (seventeen years ago)
:(
I admit I thought H.M. had passed on a long while ago.
I just hope his last day was learning nicer things (again) for the first time, and rarely pain.
― Gino-Vanellyville (Mackro Mackro), Friday, 5 December 2008 20:32 (seventeen years ago)
so impossible for me to grasp what this would be like, esp for 50 yrs
― rent, Friday, 5 December 2008 20:34 (seventeen years ago)
My father, toward the end of his life (after age 80, until age 82), could not recall anything that had happened to him beyond roughly the previous 3 minutes, unless it was a long term memory from well beforehand. This allowed him to recognize everyone important to him and to have continuity with his own history, but it was very hard on him to live in such a tiny bubble of recent memory.
For instance, if he had a thought of any kind, even as simple as 'I need to go pee', he needed to consummate that thought within that 3 minute time frame, or he had to form the thought completely independently once more.
― Aimless, Friday, 5 December 2008 20:36 (seventeen years ago)