[Rhodes22-list] Speaking of politicians.
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Wed Apr 4 06:28:20 EDT 2007
Breaking News
Scientists Study Memory Loss Among Politicians
Near-amnesia Reaching Epidemic Proportions, Experts Say
An “unprecedented epidemic of memory loss” is afflicting America’s
politicians, making it virtually impossible for them to remember key phone
conversations, meetings, and memos, a spokesman for the world’s leading brain
scientists said today.
The spokesman, Dr. Hiroshi Kyosuke of the University of Tokyo, is one of
over four hundred eminent brain scientists who have gathered in Oslo, Norway
this week for a high-level research conference to probe the recent phenomenon
of memory loss that has plagued the nation’s politicians.
“The question at hand is this: why are politicians so good at remembering
contributors’ names and phone numbers but so bad at remembering everything else?
” Dr. Kyosuke said.
Over the course of the conference, brain scientists have presented research
papers on a variety of subjects related to memory loss, such as former New
York mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s inability to remember a briefing he received
about former police commissioner Bernard Kerik’s possible ties to organized
crime.
“That seems like the sort of thing that a normal human brain would have no
difficulty remembering,” Dr. Kyosuke said. “What we are learning at this
conference is that when it comes to politicians’ brains, we have so much more to
learn.”
On Monday, a full day of the conference was devoted to a paper entitled, “
The Neuroscience of Scooter Libby,” followed by a keynote address given by
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
While many attendees considered Mr. Gonzales’ speech a highpoint of the
conference, the Attorney General offered a different assessment: “I have no
recollection of it.”
Elsewhere, President Bush said he would devote the remainder of his term to
fighting global warming, adding, “April Fools!”
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