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> I think part of the issue is that we try to impose existing words, like "memory", onto the brain This is also what Freud meant by "time doesn't exist in the
by imbnwa 6y ago
> I think part of the issue is that we try to impose existing words, like "memory", onto the brain
This is also what Freud meant by "time doesn't exist in the unconscious". What we call memory isn't discrete like RAM, nor is it organized around what we perceive as time, these are illusions of how we experience perception and consciousness. He described by suggesting we imagine the modern city of Rome, then, directly physically overlay ancient Rome on top of modern Rome, physics be damned, if an ancient column goes through a modern building, then it goes through the modern building without destroying it, directly occupying the same space at the, er, same time