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The last topic I wanted to discuss with you is brain damage and diseases

I suppose you also have the classics here … Gage, Tan, HM, Clive Wearing

Not so fast! Yes, Phineas Gage we have, “Tan” … that’s Louis Leborgne , right?

Right, and “HM” is Henry Molaison 😉                                                   

Oh, of course, we have him! Everyone knows him now because of the movie “Memento”.

I liked that movie because it is surprisingly accurate 😊                    

Can I quote you on that? 😊

Sure, most blockbusters deal with memory loss in totally implausible ways, so … 👍

We actually have him in the article for multiple reasons.

Obviously: like Leborgne, he too suffered from epileptic seizures, and his memory loss was due to the operation to “cure” them

Indeed! We go into detail about why splitting the brain in half sometimes works

Yeah, it isn’t really a “cure” though 😏                                                          

That’s what we try to point out, but it is similar to brain cancer: better to cut it out

I see your point, the lesser evil, but it is frustrating                             

What is? 

Not actually being able to heal it, only to treat it with such coarse interventions

The next article actually is about the future and the brain

Meaning new medical technologies?                                                      

Yes and no … 😉