Everyone has read of near-death experiences where individuals seem to exit their bodies and view scenes they could not possibly have observed from their physical locations. On a flight from Chicago to San Jose I mused about what it would be like if a...
Fortunately long-term memory loss, when there is no physical trauma, is uncommon. When it does occur, it is often the result of unspeakable horrors, such as the inhumanity of war. The mind constructs a solid wall around those and other events to perm...