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They do, for even stranger reasons: " In particular, memory functions must be vastly non-lossy, otherwise retrieving them repeatedly would cause them to gradua
by DannyBee 13y ago
They do, for even stranger reasons:
" In particular, memory functions must be vastly non-lossy, otherwise retrieving them repeatedly would cause them to gradually decay".
To paraphrase babbage, "I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a statement."
Being lossy does not imply reading is lossy, it could be that writing destroys old information.
- yongjik 13y agoHow funny, retrieving memory in human brains do expose them to potential decay or alteration. http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/05/20/when-memories-are-remembered-they-can-be-rewritten/ http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/05/20/when-memo... > Every time we bring back an old memory, we run the risk of changing it. It’s more like opening a document on a computer – the old information enters a surprisingly vulnerable state when it can be edited, overwritten, or even deleted. It takes a while for the memory to become strengthened anew, through a process called reconsolidation. Memories aren’t just written once, but every time we remember them.