Phineas Gage

[dawp]

The True Story of Phineas Gage Is Much More Fascinating Than the Mythical Textbook Accounts

On Sept. 13, 1848, at around 4:30 p.m., the time of day when the mind might start wandering, a railroad foreman named Phineas Gage filled a drill hole...

getpocket.com

haven't read it through yet but is a good read so far

thought I'd share

 

[Iron Woode]

I would have thought most people here would have read or watched about this man.

I saw it on one of those old TV shows like That's Incredible or something when I was a kid.

 

[dawp]

I would have thought most people here would have read or watched about this man.

I saw it on one of those old TV shows like That's Incredible or something when I was a kid.

I had known about the incident for years but this seems to have some new about him and that he wasn't quite what he had been made out to be after the accident.

 

[shortylickens]

I know about him.
And I dont know anything.

 

[JEDIYoda]

I always thought the name Phineas was cool!!
Sounds like a Jedi name Jedi_Phineas....