On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 1:38 AM, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT gmail.com> wrote
> , I honestly feel like I am getting Alzheimer's because I see my
> recall slipping. I will know that I knew it at some point, but
> can't recall it. Additionally, I'm apparently not recording
> information in the same way as I once did.
No, it's common for people who used to have minds that stored sources
of information like a bibliography find as they grow old (and wear
the bottoms of their trousers rolled) that they know something, but
can't cite a source to save their souls. So far as I can tell, this
is mainly a problem who go for a PhD when they are over 40; the rest
of us can use Google.
On the other hand, some days, like today,
> everything seems so clear to me, and all the pieces of life-arts,
> science, love, pain, fit together in meaningful ways. What is
> really odd is that I've noticed more decline since I quit smoking.
Yes, and you've gotten older since then too, right? And you've
started to worry about your brain as you're using it more intensely?
It is commonly believed (for what that's worth) that chemists and
physicists peak in their late 20s, early 30s. Poets, writers, and
philosophers just keep getting better until they're senile. Only G*d
knows what mathematicians do.
Me, I'm a philosopher. :)
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