X-Message-Number: 23802 Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2004 11:24:16 -0500 From: "Raphael T. Haftka" <> Subject: Re: CryoNet #23795 - #23798 References: <> At 05:00 AM 4/3/2004, you wrote: >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. > >Basie I am glad somebody else worries about these matters, because I have for a long time. Besides the problem that Basie notes there is forgetfulness, to which I have always been prone. So I have very few memories (as distinct from information) of my past. I expect however, that sooner or later we will be augmenting our memories with memory storage external to our brains. One possible route to this is the following. 1. People who lose their eyesight get equipped with a videocamera that communicates directly with their optic nerve or brain. 2. They can store a portion of every day's video on a storage device and access it later. 3. Sighted people imitate the blind to gain this advantage. Raphael .. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=23802