Thursday, May 8, 2008

Stumbling on Happiness (Memories)

Memories
If they are as deductive as D.G suggests, editing the past with our understanding of the present, ...etc. Then why is it that sometimes *those rare occasions* when you hear a story of an event in your past (For example told by a parent about an event that occurred when you were 3years old. A life changing event that you have no recollection of) it *feels* right, in that is somehow explains *something* about the present that you can't put into words.

Oops, I realize this isn't a counterexample of memory that's 'unedited' but this is simply an example of memory not doing its job. In that, this sequence of events that you have no recollection of, your memory of this event is completely inaccessible.

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