The discovery that changed how scientists think about memory
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Re: The discovery that changed how scientists think about memory
#2Great result on the biochemistry of memory storage. Then they venture into philosophy: "They still struggle to explain the spark that transforms information into insight."
Go watch Stable Diffusion iteratively transform noise into originality.
Re: The discovery that changed how scientists think about memory
#3> Every memory begins with tiny changes inside the brain
Maybe. But the brain is not the only place where memory is stored. Flat worms remember things (and skills!) after their head has been cut off and they regrew it:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/these-decapita...
Re: The discovery that changed how scientists think about memory
#4Great result on the biochemistry of memory storage. Then they venture into philosophy: "They still struggle to explain the spark that transforms information into insight." Go watch Stable Diffusion iteratively transform noise into originality.
i'm sorry, I cannot agree that anything like that can create "originality".
Re: The discovery that changed how scientists think about memory
#5> Every memory begins with tiny changes inside the brain Maybe. But the brain is not the only place where memory is stored. Flat worms remember things (and skills!) after their head has been cut off and they regrew it: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/these-decapita...
Flatworms branched off our side of the animal tree of life very early on. They're on the same side as molluscs, some of whom (cephalopods) are famous for having a more distributed nervous system.
Granted though many/most organs are stateful and somewhat adaptive - in a sense they'll "remember" what happened. Even plants possess that to varying degrees.
Re: The discovery that changed how scientists think about memory
#6Great result on the biochemistry of memory storage. Then they venture into philosophy: "They still struggle to explain the spark that transforms information into insight." Go watch Stable Diffusion iteratively transform noise into originality.
i'm sorry, I cannot agree that anything like that can create "originality".
Creativity can be thought of as a combination of two things: A random idea generator, and a nonsense filter. Generate new random results ideas, filter out the nonsense ones, and you’ve generated good ideas.
Re: The discovery that changed how scientists think about memory
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
i'm sorry, I cannot agree that anything like that can create "originality".
Creativity can be thought of as a combination of two things: A random idea generator, and a nonsense filter. Generate new random results ideas, filter out the nonsense ones, and you’ve generated good ideas.
A massive chasm exists between good, creative ideas and ideas that aren’t nonsense.
Re: The discovery that changed how scientists think about memory
#8> Every memory begins with tiny changes inside the brain Maybe. But the brain is not the only place where memory is stored. Flat worms remember things (and skills!) after their head has been cut off and they regrew it: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/these-decapita...
I think the evidence is strong, here. Quite difficult to form new memories without a brain!
Re: The discovery that changed how scientists think about memory
#9> Every memory begins with tiny changes inside the brain Maybe. But the brain is not the only place where memory is stored. Flat worms remember things (and skills!) after their head has been cut off and they regrew it: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/these-decapita...
At least spinal cord has a kind of memory related to movement, but that's something else than episodic memory obviously.
Re: The discovery that changed how scientists think about memory
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Creativity can be thought of as a combination of two things: A random idea generator, and a nonsense filter. Generate new random results ideas, filter out the nonsense ones, and you’ve generated good ideas.
A massive chasm exists between good, creative ideas and ideas that aren’t nonsense.
That's why most people are not creative, and tbqh, rather dumb