My hour of memoryless lucidity
Yesterday, I had a coronectomy: the top halves of my bottom wisdom teeth were surgically removed. It was my first time being sedated, and I didn’t kn…
x My hour of memoryless lucidity — LessWrong Experiments Health / Medicine / Disease Rationality Curated 381 My hour of memoryless lucidity by Eric Neyman 4th May 2024 Linkpost for ericneyman.wordpress.com 7 min read 38 381 Yesterday, I had a coronectomy : the top halves of my bottom wisdom teeth were surgically removed. It was my first time being sedated, and I didn’t know what to expect. While I was unconscious during the surgery, the hour after surgery turned out to be a fascinating experience, because I was completely lucid but had almost zero short-term memory. My girlfriend, who had kind
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