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Old 10-30-2003, 09:43 PM   #2 (permalink)
Jervis
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Re: Information storage in the brain.

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Originally posted by Gun
How are facts and information stored in the brain? Chemicals? Electric pulses?

If they are indeed translated to and from a matter we are familiar with, isn't it possible to synthetically re-create information and manually install it?

I think I've smoked myself retarded.
LOL, I wouldn't call it retarded, more inquisitive .

We don't really full understand the mechanism behind information storage and retrieval in the brain as a lot of it is as you said very miniscule electric pulses. Just as in parity works for computers and RAM, I believe that gaps and such can be filled in via artificial means. I recall hearing stories of people with head or electrical trauma having "false memories" or misconceptions which may fall into what you are saying.

Think about it this way, when a person becomes amnesiac or just simply forgets, memories go from an impulse to nothing. And you form memories by firing impulses along neurotransmitter-soaked synapses. There's really nothing stopping us from creating artificial memories if only we understood the encryption (or encapsulation) and mechanism behind it.

No, I don't smoke either 0__o
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