> Aren't we more than that? I'm "getting" to watch a couple close relatives go through severe cognitive decline. From what I've seen: no, we're not. They fre

> Aren't we more than that? I'm "getting" to watch a couple close relatives go through severe cognitive decline. From what I've seen: no, we're not. They frequently drop the last few minutes of memories on the floor and you can watch them reset, ask the same questions, react the same way, all in precisely the same tone as the first time. Over, and over, and over. We're little more than spinning tops—they've a condition that makes that plain, but I don't see why the rest of us would be any different. We just retain and re-apply more of our input, than they do, so it's less obvious that "the lights are on, but nobody's home".