The Personal Memories We Think Of As Making Up Our Identities – What If We Didn’t Have Them? Here’s A Woman Who Doesn’t, And Never Has

“Susie McKinnon has no core memories that she is aware of. But there can be no doubt of her personality. … She has a job and she has hobbies, values, beliefs, opinions, a nucleus of friends. Though she doesn’t remember being a part of the anecdotes that shaped her into this person, she knows very well who she is. Which raises the question: Just how expendable is this supposedly essential part of being human after all?”