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> "I can't see much of a downside for this potential drug" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funes_the_Memorious http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funes_the_Memorious "
by mquander 17y ago
> "I can't see much of a downside for this potential drug"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funes_the_Memorious http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funes_the_Memorious
"In effect, Funes not only remembered every leaf on every tree of every wood, but even every one of the times he had perceived or imagined it...It was not only difficult for him to understand that the generic term dog embraced so many unlike specimens of differing sizes and different forms; he was disturbed by the fact that a dog at three-fourteen (seen in profile) should have the same name as the dog at three-fifteen (seen from the front)."
- jimmybot 17y agoInteresting. But what causes such memory in real life may also create a limited ability for abstraction. That capacity for abstraction may or may not be affected by this method of enhancing memory. It may very well be that enhanced memory by itself necessarily results in a loss in ability for abstraction, but this would have to be investigated. Here's a real life example: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/1940420/The-woman-who-can-remember-everything.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/1940... Jill Price: She described her life as like a split-screen television, with one side showing what she is doing in the present, and the other showing the memories which she cannot hold back. "Some memories are good and give me a warm, safe feeling. But I also recall every bad decision, insult and excruciating embarrassment. Over the years it has eaten me up. It has kind of paralysed me."
- pygy 17y ago"Funes the Memorious" is a work of fiction.