Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id MAA11917 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Fri, 1 Mar 2002 12:17:42 GMT Subject: Re: ality Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 07:12:23 -0500 x-sender: wsmith1@camail.harvard.edu x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, Claritas Est Veritas From: "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu> To: "Memetics Discussion List" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Message-Id: <20020301121221.E54011FD46@sherri.harvard.edu> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Hi Ray Recchia -
>As I am typing this sentence I am not remembering how I typed at a
>particular time. I am only remembering how to type.
I'd go even further. You're not remembering how to type at all. You're
typing. The memory is not a step, like data retrieval is in a computer,
to access instructions. The brain has no passive states.
- Wade
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