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

I actually wasn't aware of this story. The steady stream of unexpected and enriching information like this is exactly why I love hackernews.

That is a descriptive surface level reduction. Now do the work to define what that actually means for the intelligence.

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.