[AccessD] Memory: The Final Frontier

Darryl Collins darryl at whittleconsulting.com.au
Sun Oct 23 17:32:10 CDT 2011


" because my own short term memory has been decaying. I have been looking for answrs as to why"



There is a some evidence << http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/15/health/15memory.html?_r=1 >> and discussion that the internet and technology in general is doing this to many of us.  Remember when you were a kid, how many phone numbers could you recall off the top of your head?  I could do dozens of the buggers, now I am lucky to recall 3 or 4.  This is not because the internet is evil, but rather I *don't* need to remember anymore as Google, my phone, my email etc does all the remembering for me.

Go back a bit further in time and it was common for people to be able to recite entire books and stories by memory.  The printing press put paid to that.

It seems our brains are smart, but rather lazy (efficient? - I have always felt the line between the two is very thin indeed) and while the brain is quite capable of remarkable feats, it only does the effort if you have a need for it.

There are ways to work on improving your memory - take up professional card counting at your local casino for example ;)

Of course Bill, you could just be getting old.  Seriously though, Maybe you should delete all the most commonly used phone numbers from you cell phone and try to remember them instead.

Cheers
Darryll




-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of William Benson
Sent: Sunday, 23 October 2011 5:37 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Memory: The Final Frontier

Sorry for co-opting your topic. Actually i am personally intersted in it
because my own short term memory has been decaying. I have been looking for
answrs as to why. I feel my personality has been changing too. Largely that
i am more readily influenced by very new info rather than more established
info. The symptoms are easily explained:  older data is missing.

And since I have not received any transplants lately I am thinking along the
lines of toxins, or technological interference or food supply. As for your
PS... no I think you may have missed my point. I was thinking in terms of
LONG TERM storage of memories of pain/discomfort, neglect, fear,abuse,
disease, and general anxiety that comes from not living life in a way
compatible with the animals nature. I don't think the final stretch
(slaughter and final thoughts) are recorded in the meat (of course it could
be )... but if the premises in the article are valid and extrapolatable then
the long term effects of the living conditions and being fed things contrary
to the animals proper biological diet... things which "fatten" and make them
grow their food yielding parts at the expense of proper function as nature
intended could very well be something that changes us upon ingestion.

Anyway I am no expert, but this article does make me think it is not all
simple binary, but energy field driven. After all much thought has emotional
components as well as facts. If poorly treated food supply is driving some
of our own negativity then we benefit by being more humane. This would not
be a hard test and I am going to recommend it to PETA or some organic
farmers. Maybe it has already been done. For sure the big agribusiness and
FDA would try to shut down the research.
On Oct 22, 2011 2:15 PM, "Michael Mattys" <michael at mattysconsulting.com>
wrote:

> I was actually speaking toward the possibility of a far more 'personal'
> personal computer,
> that is, 'on-board' processing for memory-database access.
> Very interesting point of view, though, William.
>
> Michael R Mattys
> Mattys Consulting, LLC
> www.mattysconsulting.com
>
> P.S.
>
> Of course, memory would have to affect some chemical change of the animal
> prior to death
> and after death, as well as before, during, and after meal preparation. I
> know I hate the 'gamey'
> taste of adrenalin at all of those times.
>
> Perhaps there could also be a way devised to test animal memory to
> determine
> their treatment.
> A movie about dolphins comes to mind.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of William Benson
> Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2011 1:24 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Memory: The Final Frontier
>
> Transfer of memory maybe applies not only to living organ transplants but
> food we eat. The animals raised very inhumanely may indirectly be cause for
> a lot of suffering in our own lives. I am not a herbivore but after seeing
> Food Inc.  I do feel that the rise of so much need for health care
> coincides
> with the mass production of meats. I have begun insisting our household
> only
> buy naturally raised animal products. I had not thought about it being some
> kind of cellular information transfer but this article has me thinking now
> even more along those lines.
>
> What a study that would make, a group of people who ate real "happy meals"
> .... products from animals raised and slauggtered humanely versus another
> group who ate the false "Happy MealsT".  See which group suffered more from
> depression over the course of a year.
> On Oct 22, 2011 12:37 PM, "Michael Mattys" <michael at mattysconsulting.com>
> wrote:
>
> > It isn't Friday OT anymore, but let's call this forthcoming database
> > technology ...
> >
> > http://www.viewzone.com/memorytest1.html
> >
> > Two things needed to even begin understanding brain, memory, and,
> > finally, the human mind:
> >
> > 1) Mechanical retrieval and storage of memory from (cells of) a
> > living, conscious human
> > 2) Mechanical retrieval and storage of memory from a (recently)
> > deceased human
> >
> > Michael R Mattys
> > Mattys Consulting, LLC
> > www.mattysconsulting.com
> >
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