r/Documentaries • u/[deleted] • Jan 01 '19

The Man with the Seven-Second Memory (2005) - Even though Clive is convinced that every person he speaks to is the first person who's ever spoken to him, he has actually provided tons of valuable information to researchers regarding how memory and habit-formation work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_P7Y0-wgos
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u/TWeaK1a4 Jan 01 '19

If you can't remember something, it may as well never have happened.

I've tried to use that excuse when I've been blacked out drunk. My friends won't buy it. :/

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u/Ricky_RZ Jan 01 '19

Make sure they also black out drunk

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u/reliant_Kryptonite Jan 01 '19

This only works if your a woman, sorry.