Steve,

"STILL, you obviously knew it to a degree. I noticed something a while ago, and vera alluded to it ALSO! Memories aren't really recordings of what was "learned" per se, at least they USUALLY aren't. They are basically units made up of existing parts. If I asked you to go to a store, and you went there, you might simply remember that you went to that store to get whatever. The details of the trip may be mostly from other trips to the same place. If I gave you directions, you might use directions from a place you already knew about that is closer to the destination. Likewise, the memory could exist without a route to get there. Remembering a piece you used to get there, etc... might reconstruct the entire memory.

In other words, the mind may be like a mind map, or the tag directory on a compressed file. ZIP,GZIP, etc... store files as just a bunch of pointers to tags(which are parts of the file that are the largest common pieces). If a tag repeats 50 in a file and is 2GB in length, you just saved almost 98GB! Like learning, the BULK of it is easy. That TAG directory is the hardest part of the file to construct. For the brain, that tag directory would be the original learning. "



I don't get why you would say this, as it doesn't contradict anything I've said, nor does it add on to it. But thanks?


"You said "Now, on the brain being ignorant of its capabilities, I don't know if you can necessarily say that with certainty."

Sho you can't be CERTAIN of what it knows! It is IGNORANT!

Third meaning in dictionary.com: 3. uninformed; unaware."


When I say ".....I don't know if yo can necessarily........"---it doesn't mean that I'm not aware of whether or not you can, as I know you obviously can say it no matter how certain you are. Rather, it wouldn't be correct nor incorrect if you said it, as how can the brain be aware of something? Then you might as well say the brain watches the tv, the brain types the term paper, the brain talks on the phone. Instead, we say "I watch the tv, I type the paper, I talk on the phone."
So now, yes, WE are unaware of what we can do, but is the BRAIN truly aware?
Based on what we say, I would say no, but I'm no expert and this actually is an irrelevant argument for photoreading, but it was fun to have.

Anyway, I have to go now. I'll be back later in case you want to post another reply saying anything, about anything.

-JackTuff13