Memory vs consciousness: why amnesiacs aren't a true counterexample
yeastsplainer · x · 2026-09-19
A debate on memory and consciousness: Clive Wearing retains "islands" of consciousness via intact working and semantic memory. A true counterexample would be subjective experience never recorded in any memory at all — conceptually like recovering an image from a camera with no tape.
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