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- From: pensyl@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com
- Newsgroups: sci.skeptic
- Subject: Alzheimer's Disease
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.095645.8587@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 09:56:45 EST
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- Is Alzheimer's Disease really a disease in the context of decreasing/
- undermining human performance? Or, is it one/any/more than any of
- the following:
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- o overwrite of the afflicted (apparently afflicted) person's memory;
- suggesting that the afflicted has used all of memory, or
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- o premature contact with their god such that their mind is caught up
- in thinking beuond this earth and daily concerns (to them) merit no
- thought, or
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- o (closely coupled with the above) a protective feature where these
- people have had enough earthly pain and the mind begins to erase
- thoughts of earth and are (the afflicted) trying to appeal to their
- god to whisk them away?
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- Have fun?
- Flames and jokes are accepted!
- JP
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