X-Message-Number: 17121
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 01:05:29 -0400
From: James Swayze <>
Subject: Thanks, grammer mistake--reason for, shared memories a question
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Thanks to those that expressed appreciation of my debunking NDE's efforts. It's 
nice to
know my posts are read.


Thanks to Kennita for pointing out my grammar mistake. I have analyzed this and 
come to

the following conclusion. Because I know better what happened? Well I, owing to 
my

paralyzed hands, type using two sticks with rubber tips and hence not able to 
feel the

keys my eyes are on the keyboard. The composition is going on solely in my head 
without

feedback from the screen. Since I was thinking in one part of my mind "my body's
worth"

etc. having a *posessive* apostrophe, and so in substituting it for body the 
whole mess

got squirted out as *it's* having the same apostrophe but not possessive in this
use.
I'll try to do better next time.


Regarding sharing memories I have a question for the brain experts. If our 
memories are

recorded in the patterns of connections of neurons wouldn't trying to imprint a 
memory

from someone else run the risk of overwriting something the receiver's brain has

recorded? I'm picturing the 3 dimensional aspect here. Suppose we could locate a

specific memory in subject A. Suppose we locked A's head into a device to keep 
it still

and then start with a 3 dimensional reference point. We could say that the 
memory M was

located at the 3 dimensional coordinates x,y,z at a known distance from the 
reference
point. Getting the picture?


Then we have the second subject B similarly locked in place but we find that the
same

area x,y,z in this subject is occupied by memories unique to that individual. In
other

words I would not assume that the area would be blank and waiting for the same 
type of

experience subject A has at x,y,z. So wouldn't implanting the memory from A to B
overwrite B's memories at that location?


Now of course if it was experienced like a virtual reality environment it would 
be a new
experience and the brain would figure out for its self (or should it be

itself--Kennita?) where to safely place the new experience. However, this would,
I

assume, make it a bit different than A's experience. In other words the self 
perspective
would not be the same. B experiencing the virtual reality memory of A would not

experience it from the same inside looking out perspective as A has. Just my 
opinion.


Regarding self and identity I liked George's later post and got the feeling from
it that

identity could be independent from memory. I could be wrong. I have a notion, a 
purely

subjective hunch, that if I were to suffer total amnesia (if that is possible) I
would

still consider my self as having worth. I would still have the desire to survive
and if

I had that I at least have some sense of worth or why bother the effort to 
survive? Like

I said it's only a hunch and welcome comment from anyone with knowledge of how 
amnesia
victims view themselves.

James


P.S. I use Netscape Messenger for email and so far find no way to find the size 
of the

current message before sendng it. It does tell you while sending it but that's 
too late.

I might try something else but it won't be Outlook--too many viruses aimed at 
Outlook.
--
From the point of ignition
To the final drive
The point of the journey
is not to arrive --RUSH

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