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Eating brains would be the quickest way to get information, in that case. That way it doesn't have to trickle. Unfortunately, we know that this isn't true because memory is one of two things. Our brains got shaped a certain way and the shapes are read as memories or (more likely) our memories are just electric patterns in our brains that remain relatively constant over time.
Either way, when something decomposes and loses it's shape or the body stops producing electrical currents. The memories are lost. It also means they cannot be passed into the soil. Memory loss during life can be the result of parts of the brain losing their shape or weakening currents. I'm not doctor, don't take me too seriously. Q |
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Interesting, but no matter what I am thinking at this instant, it is in no way transferred to the cockatoo across the room.
I could believe your theory Mal if one thing existed, and that would be Telepathy/Telekinesis. Then I would feel that those thoughts and feelings could be transferred, because they would already be able to pass as energy to others. All the chemicals in our brain work because of their connection to the brain. When we die, those chemicals are broken up. Now think of the next thing to eat it. It has to be digested and broken to pieces before getting all the way around to the brain. If I believed in your theory, and Telepathy/Telekinesis, then I would sleep with a book acting as my pillow. |
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Some forms of memory loss are also attributed to the weakening of the currents in the brain - right again. Brain disorders called degenerative neurological disorders may be influenced by the decay of the myelin sheath, which insulates your nerves the same way an audio/video cable needs insulation. It keeps your nerves from coming in contact with each other and short-circuiting. This is interesting, the idea that experience shapes our brain to form memories. Talk about mind-over-matter. What are everyone's thoughts on memory? As far as I know, science is almost clueless about this.
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Also, we can't have our memories and thoughts be matter because that would just make our heads grow constantly. Eventually, Einstein's brains would have it's own gravity well. It's just simply physically impossible.
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It's funny you mention Einstein's brain. He actually had an enlarged parietal lobe: the region of the brain dealing with sensory input, body sensations; and the math region of his brain lacked hemispheres. Instead of being divided into a left and right - like an average cerebral cortex - it was just one hunk of mathematical power. You have a point, though. Maybe memories don't really translate into matter, but rather our memories influence the matter that already exists in our brains. I'm at a loss, though. I don't know that much about how brains work, just what the different parts do. It's like how our bodies are made of various organs, which are made up of cells. Our brains are made up of various regions, which are made up of cells. What I have trouble figuring out is how? How is one specific region of the brain responsible for one specific function? My best guess is that it has something to do with the interneural pathways of the spinal cord and where they connect with the peripheral nervous system. But that still only explains what is being done, not how. How does our brain translate an electrical impulse into "move your arm," or the hard question: how does our own personal intention translate into electrical impulses? I'm burying myself in my own argument. I'm going to go take a shower and clean the demons off of me, then I'm going to stare at my anatomy poster for an hour or two.
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The ripples, though, would help in making it more dense, however, they can't be made into infinity. There's a book series by Orson Scott Card that deals with a computer like this. Essentially, the binary programming of the computer deals with indentations on the surface of the memory area. A groove is cut for a one and there is no groove for a zero. On the groove another may be cut to make more detailed data. This can keep going on, theoretically, ad infinitum. Unfortunately, like the computer in this series, our brains can only read grooves so fine. Thus giving us a memory cap. This could also be the cause of memory loss. In fact, if we combine both electric and shape theories, you could say that the shapes are read by the electrical currents and the resistance caused by the grooves. Then again, that could essentially mean your brain glows when it gets older. Q |
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This is all simply my speculation. Don't take it seriously.
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