tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post3444592575512587000..comments2024-03-27T19:13:29.794+00:00Comments on A K Haart: On the tip of my tongueA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-55157344314529893892022-06-24T11:41:35.269+01:002022-06-24T11:41:35.269+01:00DJ - yes, our memories of people may be quite indi...DJ - yes, our memories of people may be quite indistinct, just fragments of impressions which come together if we see them again. Remembering a person is nothing like looking at a photo. I think we catch glimpses of this in dreams.<br /><br />Sam - it's an interesting point, omniscience can be quite boring. On the whole though, I'm both disconcerted and fascinated by the enormous number of possible interests I haven't taken up yet or even skated over. <br /><br />Tammly - yes the operation of memory does still seem to be elusive and possibly will never be easy to grasp except in a very simplified way. I'm a little wary of revisiting old memories in case they become distorted by making too much effort to clarify them.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-56606425081506945132022-06-24T08:19:33.423+01:002022-06-24T08:19:33.423+01:00I'm not at all sure we, as yet, have all the i...I'm not at all sure we, as yet, have all the information about memory and its mechanism in the brain. People seem to have differences in their memory types. I think short term and long term memory is just a start to the subject. In 2013 I was obliged to read the transcripts and witness submissions in a court case concerning my brother the events of which took place in the early 70s. I was to add my own account and was struck by the marked differences in their version of events both between each other and with mine. Their accounts were factually far inferior to my own, both in chronology, identity of the participants, nature of events, motives etc. I had the advantage of a very good (though not infallible) long term memory and the confirmation of contemporary official documents, letters diaries etc. The difference astonished me.Tammlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-91910723362547004352022-06-23T22:05:26.612+01:002022-06-23T22:05:26.612+01:00Before the internet, I carried in my head a vague ...Before the internet, I carried in my head a vague but huge list of things I wanted to look at and revisit, if only there could be some massive store-house of some kind. Who wrote that piece of music I keep hearing? What was the name of that character in that obscure novel I once read? What did the town centre look like before they built the town hall? <br /><br />Now I've done all that, though, none of it really seems all that important. It was just the pressure of me wanting to know that made it seem so. Previously, when a memory surfaced and a question was answered by my own mind, it was quite exciting. Now, omniscience is quite boring. Sam Vegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05978971199859845931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-60047509494417854852022-06-23T21:56:05.094+01:002022-06-23T21:56:05.094+01:00It's worse than that. It seems that we don'...It's worse than that. It seems that we don't store memories like reels of film but recreate the memories from separate elements. Hence it is quite possible to 'remember' things incorrectly or even 'remember' events we have been told about but didn't witness.<br /><br />Which is why the Police do not rely solely on eye-witness accounts. When they can be bothered, of course.DiscoveredJoyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05300239909689336895noreply@blogger.com