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February 23, 2008
Marriage and Memory
Amazing Memory Man Never Forgets
So, I'm reading this story, about a 51 year old guy in Wisconsin who can recall with remarkable detail the most minute details of the last 40 years. When asked how he does it the befuddled scientist who is studying him answers:
"You want the Nobel Prize right now? Tell me that answer and I'll publish it," said Dr. James McGaugh, who has studied Williams since last summer. "We don't know. We do know that he carries this information with him, that it's detailed, that it's just there. That's what we want to know -- why is it there?"
And I'm thinking, this is no mystery, the guy is not married, he can afford to remember all this stuff. If he were married, his wife would be hounding him all the time "Why is it you can remember eating scrambled eggs for breakfast in the middle of nowhere on June 19, 1978, but you can't remember Junior has soccer practice at 3:15 every Tuesday?" "How do you manage to remember who ran for city council 30 years ago, but can't remember to take out the trash 15 minutes after I ask you to?" And, of course "Did you remember today is my mother's birthday, and she's coming here for dinner?"
Posted by Anna at February 23, 2008 12:59 PM