Then it was a con long enough to get his wife and every other friend, staffer, and family member who has spoken publicly about it…
Like, that’s what makes brain damage so dangerous: the subject doesn’t realize they’ve changed.
He rationalizes away his prior opinions and it sounds like he was never progressive in the first place, he most likely doesn’t think he was.
It’s not like brain damage draws a line with a sudden change, it makes the person forget who they used to be. They view every memory thru the lens of the present, especially in Fettermans case where the damage is localized to frontal lobe.
I’m not defending him and this a million times worse than what you thought, but that’s why we need to understand it, we’re all one railroad spike to the forehead away from the same thing…
Then it was a con long enough to get his wife and every other friend, staffer, and family member who has spoken publicly about it…
Like, that’s what makes brain damage so dangerous: the subject doesn’t realize they’ve changed.
He rationalizes away his prior opinions and it sounds like he was never progressive in the first place, he most likely doesn’t think he was.
It’s not like brain damage draws a line with a sudden change, it makes the person forget who they used to be. They view every memory thru the lens of the present, especially in Fettermans case where the damage is localized to frontal lobe.
I’m not defending him and this a million times worse than what you thought, but that’s why we need to understand it, we’re all one railroad spike to the forehead away from the same thing…