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John Larkin
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On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:14:32 GMT, Rich Grise <richgrise@example.net>
wrote:
than a blessing. One guy says that the slightest input - a name, a
sound, a number - unleashes a flood of memories that can be
overwhelming.
There are lots of things better off forgotten.
John
wrote:
I read about some people who remember everything. It's more a curseOn Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:58:46 -0700, John Larkin wrote:
On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:14:20 GMT, Rich Grise <richgrise@example.net
On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:27:25 -0700, John Larkin wrote:
On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:26:25 GMT, Rich Grise <richgrise@example.net
a half-dozen of his refrigerator magnet logo thingies. Apparently I
voided the warranty when I stuck them to my file cabinet. ;-)
Your file cabinet has a warranty?
Boy, you don't remember stuff too good, do you? ;-)
A brain is like a file cabinet: it can only hold so much,
My brain would beg to differ here. I remember _everything_, unless
I'm in a blackout drunk state, which I don't do very much any more.
And I'd claim that there's no theoretical limit, since "memories" and
stuff aren't held in some finite file cabinet-thing, but are stored in
patterns of synapses; you don't grow any new neurons, but there's no
known limit to the number of synapses you can grow - oh, yeah - we make
new synapses everything something makes an impact on us - I think the
expression of emotion releases hormones or enzymes or something that
stimulate synapse growth.
Ever notice that you remember stuff that was a big deal at the time, but
not mundane stuff, like what you had for lunch last week?
You remember your downhill run - do you remember the T-bar ride just
before it? ;-)
Cheers!
Rich
than a blessing. One guy says that the slightest input - a name, a
sound, a number - unleashes a flood of memories that can be
overwhelming.
There are lots of things better off forgotten.
John