garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 7 months agoTIL that in 1848 a railroad worker survived an accident where an iron bar pierced through his head, destroying most of his left frontal lobe. However, his personality and behavior changed considerablyen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1104arrow-down16 cross-posted to: longreads@sh.itjust.workscreepywikipedia@lemmy.world
arrow-up198arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in 1848 a railroad worker survived an accident where an iron bar pierced through his head, destroying most of his left frontal lobe. However, his personality and behavior changed considerablyen.wikipedia.orggarfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 7 months agomessage-square26fedilink cross-posted to: longreads@sh.itjust.workscreepywikipedia@lemmy.world
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·7 months ago52 here. I’m a different person, year by year. Nothing radical, but I’m not the same man I was at 50 or 40 or 30 or 20 or 10. Blindsight, by Peter Watts: “I’ve been tweaked plenty. Change one more synapse and I might turn into someone else.” “That’s ridiculous and you know it. Or every experience you had would turn you into a different person.” I thought about that. “Maybe it does.”
52 here. I’m a different person, year by year. Nothing radical, but I’m not the same man I was at 50 or 40 or 30 or 20 or 10.
Blindsight, by Peter Watts: