Phil Fernbach

And it describes exactly this, a man who falls off a horse and develops perfect autobiographical memory so that he remembers every little detail of his life, and it drives him crazy. And that's because the purpose of thinking, the purpose of cognition is really not to store detail. It's to throw the detail away to be able to generalize. And that's such an important function of cognition.

And it describes exactly this, a man who falls off a horse and develops perfect autobiographical memory so that he remembers every little detail of his life, and it drives him crazy. And that's because the purpose of thinking, the purpose of cognition is really not to store detail. It's to throw the detail away to be able to generalize. And that's such an important function of cognition.

And it describes exactly this, a man who falls off a horse and develops perfect autobiographical memory so that he remembers every little detail of his life, and it drives him crazy. And that's because the purpose of thinking, the purpose of cognition is really not to store detail. It's to throw the detail away to be able to generalize. And that's such an important function of cognition.

If you have this hyperthymesia, it actually makes life really difficult.

If you have this hyperthymesia, it actually makes life really difficult.

If you have this hyperthymesia, it actually makes life really difficult.

In fact, it would be futile to try to know everything. The world is just way too complex. We've already talked about that. There's just no way that an individual can know enough about the world that it would be effective to store all the details about everything. That's just part and parcel of what it means to be a human being.

In fact, it would be futile to try to know everything. The world is just way too complex. We've already talked about that. There's just no way that an individual can know enough about the world that it would be effective to store all the details about everything. That's just part and parcel of what it means to be a human being.

In fact, it would be futile to try to know everything. The world is just way too complex. We've already talked about that. There's just no way that an individual can know enough about the world that it would be effective to store all the details about everything. That's just part and parcel of what it means to be a human being.

It is a problem that we don't appreciate the extent to which we don't understand.

It is a problem that we don't appreciate the extent to which we don't understand.

It is a problem that we don't appreciate the extent to which we don't understand.

This is a crazy story. So this guy... was under the impression that he would be invisible to the cameras if he put lemon juice on his face. You remember when you were a kid, you could create invisible ink by putting lemon juice on the paper. So he thought for some reason that this would apply to making him invisible to the camera.

This is a crazy story. So this guy... was under the impression that he would be invisible to the cameras if he put lemon juice on his face. You remember when you were a kid, you could create invisible ink by putting lemon juice on the paper. So he thought for some reason that this would apply to making him invisible to the camera.

This is a crazy story. So this guy... was under the impression that he would be invisible to the cameras if he put lemon juice on his face. You remember when you were a kid, you could create invisible ink by putting lemon juice on the paper. So he thought for some reason that this would apply to making him invisible to the camera.

So he actually went in to try to rob a bank with no mask, no subterfuge whatsoever, just lemon juice on his face. So his image is broadcast on the news. Within minutes, the police arrive at his door to arrest him, and he is completely incredulous. How could they have possibly known it was him because he had the lemon juice on his face?

So he actually went in to try to rob a bank with no mask, no subterfuge whatsoever, just lemon juice on his face. So his image is broadcast on the news. Within minutes, the police arrive at his door to arrest him, and he is completely incredulous. How could they have possibly known it was him because he had the lemon juice on his face?

So he actually went in to try to rob a bank with no mask, no subterfuge whatsoever, just lemon juice on his face. So his image is broadcast on the news. Within minutes, the police arrive at his door to arrest him, and he is completely incredulous. How could they have possibly known it was him because he had the lemon juice on his face?

And in fact, it turned out that he had tested the method by taking a Polaroid of himself and And making sure that his face was indeed invisible to the Polaroid camera. It's never been discovered why the Polaroid didn't show his face. But one possibility is that he missed because his eyes were filled with lemon juice.

And in fact, it turned out that he had tested the method by taking a Polaroid of himself and And making sure that his face was indeed invisible to the Polaroid camera. It's never been discovered why the Polaroid didn't show his face. But one possibility is that he missed because his eyes were filled with lemon juice.