A very good point. For anyone not familiar with anterograde amnesia, the classical case is patient H.M. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Molaison), whose condition was researched by Brenda Milner.

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wang_li 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Or you could have just said "they can't form new memories."

	▲	dtj1123 6 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I actually wasn't aware of this story. The steady stream of unexpected and enriching information like this is exactly why I love hackernews.
	▲	bitexploder 7 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		That is a descriptive surface level reduction. Now do the work to define what that actually means for the intelligence.
	▲	morleytj 7 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I thought maybe people would be curious to read about how we came to understand the condition and the history behind it, as well as any associated information. Forgive me for such a deep transgression as this assumption.