Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees

Amazing Robert Irwin's biography

Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees launched on March 10, 2016 with 62 votes, #1,294 of 4,409 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.

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LaunchedMar 10, 2016

Launch day▲ 62 votestop 29% of 4,409 that month

Websiteamazon.comonline, checked September 2026

CategoryLife & fun

TopicsBooks

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#1,294
of 4,409 launches in March 2016: 50%
of 2016's launches got fewer votes: 5×
the median launch of 2016 (12 votes): 174
launches landed the same day: 10 yrs
on, the site is still online (checked September 2026)

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