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The real Flowers for Algernon? : Ravel and Dr. Adams were in the early stages of a rare disease called FTD, or frontotemporal dementia, when they were working, Ravel on “Bolero” and Dr. Adams on her painting of “Bolero,” Dr. Miller said. The disease apparently altered circuits in their brains, changing the connections between the front and back parts and resulting in a torrent of creativity
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In the most common variant, patients undergo gradual personality changes. They grow apathetic, become slovenly and typically gain 20 pounds. They behave like 3-year-olds in public, asking embarrassing questions in a loud voice. All along, they deny anything is wrong.
Two other variants of FTD involve loss of language. In one, patients have trouble finding words, Dr. Miller said. When someone says to the patients, “Pass the broccoli,” they might reply, “What is broccoli?”
Well, I'm already apathetic, slovenly, and heavier. As to asking embarrassing question or acting like a three-year-old, I'll leave that judgement to you lot. But perhaps if my aphasia gets worse, I'll actually be able to write a novel? Except, it will have words missing which I'll have forgotten... At least I can now be happily apathetic, overweight, and slovenly, knowing it's not my fault. It's just my dementia. There's nothing wrong with me at all. Is that being creative?
Someone asked me about the pen I had saying "IT Rock Star", here's the explanation!
Ten Thousand Cents is an interesting artistic project and statement on the world. I like the rebels!
Finally, I love graphics that display interesting statistics well, and here is one such graphic, depicting your odds of dying of particular causes (assuming you're in the USA). It's interesting that you are more likely to be legally executed than die in an earthquake, flood, or a fireworks discharge.
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In the most common variant, patients undergo gradual personality changes. They grow apathetic, become slovenly and typically gain 20 pounds. They behave like 3-year-olds in public, asking embarrassing questions in a loud voice. All along, they deny anything is wrong.
Two other variants of FTD involve loss of language. In one, patients have trouble finding words, Dr. Miller said. When someone says to the patients, “Pass the broccoli,” they might reply, “What is broccoli?”
Well, I'm already apathetic, slovenly, and heavier. As to asking embarrassing question or acting like a three-year-old, I'll leave that judgement to you lot. But perhaps if my aphasia gets worse, I'll actually be able to write a novel? Except, it will have words missing which I'll have forgotten... At least I can now be happily apathetic, overweight, and slovenly, knowing it's not my fault. It's just my dementia. There's nothing wrong with me at all. Is that being creative?
Someone asked me about the pen I had saying "IT Rock Star", here's the explanation!
Ten Thousand Cents is an interesting artistic project and statement on the world. I like the rebels!
Finally, I love graphics that display interesting statistics well, and here is one such graphic, depicting your odds of dying of particular causes (assuming you're in the USA). It's interesting that you are more likely to be legally executed than die in an earthquake, flood, or a fireworks discharge.