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Henry Molaison had both temporal lobes removed in 1953 and was unable to learn anything new, but was still conscious. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Molai
by card_zero 1y ago
Henry Molaison had both temporal lobes removed in 1953 and was unable to learn anything new, but was still conscious.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Molaison https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Molaison
What are you saying? I don't get it.
- AdieuToLogic 1y ago> What are you saying? I don't get it. What I said was: Amnesia is not the inability to "learn from one situation to the next." It is instead a condition affecting the ability of memory recall. Someone having "both temporal lobes removed" is separate and apart from amnesia AFAIK. Now as to the case you quoted - I was unaware of it until you kindly shared it. IMHO, this supports the plausibility of having consciousness while being unable to learn anything new (as you summarized). The implications of this are fascinating to me in a detached objective sense.