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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Max More <max@maxmore.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> ExI chat list <extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Sun, June 26, 2011 11:49:05 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [ExI] Superior Autobiographical Memory<BR></FONT><BR>
<DIV>I wish I had seen this. My autobiographical memory seems to be particulary weak. I've learned to compensate by keeping written notes of events, because I know that I'm likely to forget them otherwise -- unless they are extremely vivid. For instance, Spike and others were recently talking about some eminent people who attended an Extro conference, yet I have NO memory of that.</DIV>
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<DIV>I consider this a major disability and it makes me sad.</DIV>
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<DIV>I have very pictures from childhood, so very few memory cues. Things have improved over the years as photos and other forms of information about events have become ever more prolific and convenient.</DIV>
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<DIV>Does anyone else here have the sense that their memory of past events is particularly poor?</DIV>
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<DIV>Well Max, from my point of view, I certainly wouldn't want perfect recall of every sordid detail of my life: every wound, every trauma, every betrayal, every abuse, every heartbreak, every loss, every pang of unrequited love, every foiled ambition, every humilation, every petty embarassment? No thank you. I prefer my selective memory that allows me to remember what I want to remember and forget what I don't. Are you sure you would want the spectral slings and arrows of past fortunes impinging upon the orbits of your present mind? </DIV>
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<DIV>Stuart LaForge
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