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.

Jervis

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

thenewguy

From brainwavescience.com

"There is widespread agreement among the experts that we can accurately and scientifically measure information-processing brain activity using electrical brain signals, and that when we apply this science appropriately we can determine whether or not specific information is stored in a person's brain"

So there you go. The smoke just s l o w e d d o w n t h e e l e c t r i c a l i m p u l s e s i n y o u r b r a i n , m a n.

Try sucking on a battery.

Crack

Johnny Mnemonic style...

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jujueye

You might also try to get some b-vitamins added to your diet. They can work wonders with nerve damage repair.

orange monkeyee

smoking large amounts of weed sure as hell doesn't slow me down, my german skills in my enunciation are flawless when I am stoned or drunk , and i can actually think when i'm stoned. its amazing ain't it ?

aarchaon

there is a theory that memories are burnt into the connections in your brain, and that they gradually repair themselves. thats probably why people forget stuff after a given time.

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Bloodslick

The movie Brainstorm is about a scientist who discovers a method of recording and playing back memories. It leads to interesting (but somewhat predictable) results. See if you can rent it sometime.