Comments on: The Taste is Gonna Move Ya’

By: Cait

Cait — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 14:51:39 +0000

Have you ever noticed that some of your memories are of insignificant things, like perhaps some clothing you owned or remembering a person in a particular outfit? Because we don’t give the memories much significance, it doesn’t occur to us that they are memories, but we see them as “snippets”.

By: Terry

Terry — Sun, 08 May 2005 12:52:30 +0000

I have been away from your site for much too long. And reading this post, I remember why I used to come here more often.
I read once that every single thing we do/hear/see/experience in our lives is actually stored in memory. I have friends who remember a whole lot more about my life than I do.

There’s the old saying… “I’ve forgotten more than you’ve ever learned.”

By: The Minister of Squeaky Music

The Minister of Squeaky Music — Sun, 01 May 2005 23:26:06 +0000

I recall reading a study that a shrink did, she would keep a notepad with her during the day and write down everything that happened to her, both trivial and important. At the end of the day she would try to remember as much as possible and compare the two. She found that while she remembered most of the major events, all of the bad(or perceived bad) things were forgotten. She also found that having to remember all of those things was seriously depressing.

It’s one of the many things that psychedelics do - remove the filters. That’s why it’s often a traumatic experience for people. Being confronted with reality in raw format is totally overwhelming. Nobody has a firm grasp on how much their brain edits out until the process is removed.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sun, 01 May 2005 06:34:59 +0000

If it were evolutionarily advantagous, it would have been chosen for. But since it’s wasn’t, it’s not. If we could remember everything that we ever experienced, we would have no reason to interact and develop culture or society. Because experiencing something one time would be all that we would need. We would not need any repetition.

(I am currently writing a paper involving evolution.)