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Your brain my not remember the phone numbers, but it contains the location of (or the pointers to) the object that contains the phone numbers. Sort of reminds

by om3n 7y ago

Your brain my not remember the phone numbers, but it contains the location of (or the pointers to) the object that contains the phone numbers. Sort of reminds me of the "extended mind thesis" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_mind_thesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_mind_thesis

taneq 7y ago
Yeah, I've noticed that I remember a lot more information these days as... external references? Breadcrumbs? Like, I have no idea what that person's called but I know I got an email from them last Thursday so I can look it up if I need to. Or I don't know the exact phrasing of a quote but I know the exact search term I'd use to find it on the web.
- dasyatidprime 7y ago
  Now, what happens when, say, memories of conversations turn into pointers to chat logs that are stored on the central server, where they can be modified, deleted, or your access taken away by the service or nowadays often by the other party?
  - knd775 7y ago
    I automatically backup all of my tweets to a google sheet that I then download periodically. I don't necessarily do it for the reason that you gave, but that's definitely a reason to to something like this.
  - therein 7y ago
    We will be left with worthless dangling pointers to our memories.
oarabbus_ 7y ago
Extended mind... interesting, but also seems untestable/in the realm of pseudo-science.