Every year, more of our brains is occupied by specific facts rather than general concepts. Wonder how high the specificity fraction can go
@AndreaKuszewski You misunderstood. I am saying the overall environment is getting more full of facts you kinda have no choice but to know.
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@vgr Mmm…. I don’t know about that. I think there’s more facts that you need to know how to gain access to, not necessarily hold in memory. -
@AndreaKuszewski Yes, I accounted for that. See my later tweets.
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@vgr Mmm…. I don’t know about that. I think there’s more facts that you need to know how to gain access to, not necessarily hold in memory. -
@vgr So knowing where to get those facts quickly, to bring them up at appropriate times… like stored in files or bookmarks, for example. - Show replies
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@vgr@AndreaKuszewski the threshold I think is different for diff people, but in general that is when u start forgetting stuff..Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@vgr@AndreaKuszewski I think brain works kind of like a cache- the most recent & most interesting stuff resides in it while others r purgedThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@vgr@AndreaKuszewski u still recall older stuff if it has registered in memory by leaving a pointer-some reference that makes it memorableThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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