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Interesting... any chance you have a link of that lecture or a story on it?

imvetri 7y ago
Reading more and more will never get us anywhere. What can we do with what we know now is worth sharing.
wildduck 7y ago
There are many cases of people who get organ transplant inherit the memory of the donor. I have heard in more than one places or another. A simple search on the web will yield this: Here is a link: https://www.medicaldaily.com/can-organ-transplant-change-recipients-personality-cell-memory-theory-affirms-yes-247498 https://www.medicaldaily.com/can-organ-transplant-change-rec... We still don't know squats about how memory are stored. And cases like that can be a valid argument for memory and consciousness being a non-local phenomenon. Kinda like how client-server model in CS. ;-) . Are our brain just a browser?
- AllegedAlec 7y ago
  > We still don't know squats about how memory are stored. Yeah, but not in the kidneys or the liver. Get back to us when you find sources from peer-reviewed journals.
- im3w1l 7y ago
  Memories in the conventional sense are stored in the brain. By stretching the definition of memory, you can get to the conclusion that the whole body remembers. Scientists have found that the neurons in the spine learn when practicing motor tasks. The immune system remembers pathogens. Hormonal glands remember concentrations of relevant hormones by growing / shrinking. Muscles (including the heart) remember exercise by growing. If you play the guitar your fingertips harden, they "remember" the stress and toughen up in anticipation. And every single cell will learn by epigenetic changes. Maybe you could say that diabetes type 2 happens because the cells learn to respond less to insulin.
- SketchySeaBeast 7y ago
  Get back to me when someone gets an arm amputated and forgets math.
wildduck 7y ago
Oh and here is the KFC thing. https://www.namahjournal.com/doc/Actual/Memory-transference-in-organ-transplant-recipients-vol-19-iss-1.html https://www.namahjournal.com/doc/Actual/Memory-transference-...
- duskwuff 7y ago
  Note, however: While this web site has "journal" in its title, it is not a scientific publication. Namah describes itself as "The Journal of Integral Health" -- it is published by a branch of a yogic spiritual community. This doesn't necessarily mean that the anecdotes described there are false, but I'd be inclined to take them with a grain of salt.
  - thinkingemote 7y ago
    A grain of salt, pepper and herbs and spices
    - Cougher 7y ago
      It ain't KFC without MSG!

Reading more and more will never get us anywhere. What can we do with what we know now is worth sharing.

There are many cases of people who get organ transplant inherit the memory of the donor. I have heard in more than one places or another. A simple search on the web will yield this: Here is a link: https://www.medicaldaily.com/can-organ-transplant-change-recipients-personality-cell-memory-theory-affirms-yes-247498 https://www.medicaldaily.com/can-organ-transplant-change-rec... We still don't know squats about how memory are stored. And cases like that can be a valid argument for memory and consciousness being a non-local phenomenon. Kinda like how client-server model in CS. ;-) . Are our brain just a browser?

AllegedAlec 7y ago
> We still don't know squats about how memory are stored. Yeah, but not in the kidneys or the liver. Get back to us when you find sources from peer-reviewed journals.
im3w1l 7y ago
Memories in the conventional sense are stored in the brain. By stretching the definition of memory, you can get to the conclusion that the whole body remembers. Scientists have found that the neurons in the spine learn when practicing motor tasks. The immune system remembers pathogens. Hormonal glands remember concentrations of relevant hormones by growing / shrinking. Muscles (including the heart) remember exercise by growing. If you play the guitar your fingertips harden, they "remember" the stress and toughen up in anticipation. And every single cell will learn by epigenetic changes. Maybe you could say that diabetes type 2 happens because the cells learn to respond less to insulin.
SketchySeaBeast 7y ago
Get back to me when someone gets an arm amputated and forgets math.

wildduck 7y ago

Oh and here is the KFC thing. https://www.namahjournal.com/doc/Actual/Memory-transference-in-organ-transplant-recipients-vol-19-iss-1.html https://www.namahjournal.com/doc/Actual/Memory-transference-...

duskwuff 7y ago
Note, however: While this web site has "journal" in its title, it is not a scientific publication. Namah describes itself as "The Journal of Integral Health" -- it is published by a branch of a yogic spiritual community. This doesn't necessarily mean that the anecdotes described there are false, but I'd be inclined to take them with a grain of salt.
- thinkingemote 7y ago
  A grain of salt, pepper and herbs and spices
  - Cougher 7y ago
    It ain't KFC without MSG!