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SV: Capacity of the brain

Gene Wirchenko genew at shuswap.net
Mon Oct 18 22:01:13 EST 1999


Jan Vorbrueggen <jan at mailhost.neuroinformatik.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
wrote:

>bandr at impulse.net writes:
>
>> So far there is no known limit to the amount of information one can remember.
>
>That's not really true. There is substantial evidence that memory capacity
>is limited, and that older memories that aren't refreshed "fade" with time. 
>Mostly, however, one doesn't forget like a crashed hard disk, so subjectively
>the process is different. And, of course, one can always store new memories -
>the system just is intelligent enough to choose on its own what older data
>to delete 8-).

     Ri-i-i-ight!

          Husband: "What's wrong, dear?"
          Wife: (tightly) "Nothing!
          Husband: "Then why are you so tense?"
          Wife: (angrily) "You forgot our wedding anniversary!"
          Husband: "Sorry, dear.  I had a head crash."

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:
     I have preferences.
     You have biases.
     He/She has prejudices.



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