[lbo-talk] Have a happy and merry December 25

Eubulides paraconsistent at comcast.net
Fri Dec 25 17:24:22 PST 2009


On 09-12-25 03:21 PM, Chris Doss wrote:
> I think it was life-long, although I can't find anything to back me up online. He stuttered, specifically, which almost always begins in childhood. Supposedly he had all the windows to Parliament when he addressed it shut so nobody outside could hear him. Now that's insecurity.

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Insecurity is the explanandum. One or more neuropathologies are the explanans. My best guess, based on what I've read of his life, is that as an adult he suffered from Pick's disease. As we learn more about mitochondrial myopathies in the brain we'll be able to make better guesses.

Ian



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