After simple dental surgery, William lost his ability to form new memories
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Re: After simple dental surgery, William lost his ability to form new memories
#2>he wakes up every morning believing he is still in Germany in 2005, waiting to visit the dentist. Without a record of new experiences, the passing of time means nothing to him. Today, he only knows that there is a problem because he and his wife have written detailed notes on his smartphone, in a file labelled “First thing – read this”.
Literally 50 First Dates...
Re: After simple dental surgery, William lost his ability to form new memories
#3This is the condition that was described in Memento. Really fascinating stuff. It makes me want to keep notes on everything, because most people rely on their memory for a lot of things. When we forget something we are frustrated "Oh darn, I forgot it again!". Imagine not being able to remember anything at all...
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Re: After simple dental surgery, William lost his ability to form new memories
#5This is the condition that was described in Memento. Really fascinating stuff. It makes me want to keep notes on everything, because most people rely on their memory for a lot of things. When we forget something we are frustrated "Oh darn, I forgot it again!". Imagine not being able to remember anything at all...
Imagine not being able to remember anything at all...
...including the fact that you can't remember anything? That would certainly be scary.
Re: After simple dental surgery, William lost his ability to form new memories
#6>he wakes up every morning believing he is still in Germany in 2005, waiting to visit the dentist. Without a record of new experiences, the passing of time means nothing to him. Today, he only knows that there is a problem because he and his wife have written detailed notes on his smartphone, in a file labelled “First thing – read this”. Literally 50 First Dates...
Much like the movie, yes, though in her case it was a daily, not an hourly, thing. It's nice that the film seems to be based on a real-life condition and portrays it fairly accurately.
Re: After simple dental surgery, William lost his ability to form new memories
#7A comparably horrifying experience: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Wearing
Re: After simple dental surgery, William lost his ability to form new memories
#8Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9810025
Re: After simple dental surgery, William lost his ability to form new memories
#9In a talk that I attended, Steve Wozniak mentioned that he studied a lot of psychology when he returned to the university after leaving Apple. He thinks that he may have been the first person to have come up with idea that we lose our memories with our teeth, and that researchers later discovered a link between the loss of our early autobiographical memories and the loss of our baby teeth.
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#10Most people took a little bit of time to get familiar with smartphone UIs, especially for someone who's jumping from no smart phone at all to the latest version of iOS and Android. I wonder if he has been slowly learning how to use a smartphone like the other condition, or if he has to rediscover the UI every time.