Comments on: That specific spot in my brain… http://jonti.org/my-life/my-brain Building connections between ideas. Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:05:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Ron Taimuty-Loomis http://jonti.org/my-life/my-brain/comment-page-1#comment-385 Ron Taimuty-Loomis Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:31:04 +0000 http://jonti.org/?p=393#comment-385 This bout with forgetfulness has raised your anxiety level to the point where it affects your reasoning. The non-recall of the old combination does not prove that it no longer exists in your memory; it only proves that you cannot remember it. This is a standard philosophical distinction; epistemology vs. ontology. Because the old combination cannot now be known does not mean that it does not exist somewhere in your memory. Plus, it is quite a leap to conclude that memory has volume (i.e., 'takes up space' in your brain). I personally would argue (but not 'conclude') that you have the ability to access only the most current gym locker combination; previous combinations still DO exist in your memory, but they're archived. Your system for accessing archived locker combination data is offline and needs to be rebooted. P.S. I can't seem to recall ANY combinations .... This bout with forgetfulness has raised your anxiety level to the point where it affects your reasoning. The non-recall of the old combination does not prove that it no longer exists in your memory; it only proves that you cannot remember it. This is a standard philosophical distinction; epistemology vs. ontology. Because the old combination cannot now be known does not mean that it does not exist somewhere in your memory. Plus, it is quite a leap to conclude that memory has volume (i.e., ‘takes up space’ in your brain).

I personally would argue (but not ‘conclude’) that you have the ability to access only the most current gym locker combination; previous combinations still DO exist in your memory, but they’re archived. Your system for accessing archived locker combination data is offline and needs to be rebooted.

P.S. I can’t seem to recall ANY combinations ….

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