Re: ality

From: Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Fri Mar 01 2002 - 12:12:23 GMT

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    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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