RE: TMS...the truth is out there...

From: Emlyn O'regan (oregan.emlyn@healthsolve.com.au)
Date: Mon Jun 30 2003 - 20:43:24 MDT

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    > At 09:31 AM 7/1/03 +0930, Emlyn wrote:
    > >> Also can memorys be selectively reactivated. I have heard
    > stories of
    > >> old
    > >> Memories long thought lost being reactivated during brain
    > surgury. If
    > >> so how
    > >> does one go about developing a map?
    >
    > >AFAIK, those memories turn out to be complete fabrications,
    > and are an
    > >excellent example of just how little we remember, and how
    > much our brain
    > >fills in the gaps with pure bullshit.
    >
    > AFAIK, *all* memories turn out to be fabrications, not quite
    > compiled from
    > pure bullshit but certainly reconstituted each time they're
    > recalled, and
    > shaded differently according to the context of recall and the
    > cumulative
    > history of their past recall/reconstruction. You never step
    > into the same
    > memory twice.
    >
    > Damien Broderick

    Yes, exactly. It's one of those lovely mental features that obscures even
    further the meaning of self, for those of us who wish to extend it's
    existence.

    Emlyn

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