X-Message-Number: 23800
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 07:14:39 -0800 (PST)
From: Scott Badger <>
Subject: Re: Encoded Memory

> if you live long enough you will not have any
> original memories.

First, your friend assumes that we won't have access
to any memory enhancement technology. Big assumption.

Second, it doesn't matter anyway. Just because I have
poor memories of my 6th birthday doesn't mean that I'm
not me. There's clear continuity. Identity is not a
snapshot, it's a process. Should I have given up on
living when I was 6 since the majority of my memories
from that time would be inaccessible at some future
time? No need to confirm your friend's research. It's 
interesting but doesn't apply here.

Best,

Scott

> From: "Basie" <>
> Subject: Re encoded memory
> Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 19:56:59 -0500
> 
> A friend told me recently that he does not think
> there is much sense in
> cryonics because long-term memory is not copied but
> re encoded every time
> the memory is recalled. Every time it is re encoded
> it is changed. According
> to him if you live long enough you will not have any
> original memories.
> I will do literature research myself but hope he is
> wrong.


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