A great read on how the brain works and, more importantly, how it doesn't.
A great read on how the brain works and, more importantly, how it doesn't.
This is why, as Sir Frederic Bartlett demonstrated in his book Remembering(1932), no two people will repeat a story they have heard the same way and why, over time, their recitations of the story will diverge more and more. No ‘copy’ of the story is ever made; rather, each individual, upon hearing the story, changes to some extent – enough so that when asked about the story later (in some cases, days, months or even years after Bartlett first read them the story) – they can re-experience hearing the story to some extent, although not very well (see the first drawing of the dollar bill, above).
Originally shared by Bodhipaksa
"We are organisms, not computers. Get over it. Let’s get on with the business of trying to understand ourselves, but without being encumbered by unnecessary intellectual baggage. The Information Processing metaphor has had a half-century run, producing few, if any, insights along the way. The time has come to hit the DELETE key."
https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-empty-brain/5646021
This is why, as Sir Frederic Bartlett demonstrated in his book Remembering(1932), no two people will repeat a story they have heard the same way and why, over time, their recitations of the story will diverge more and more. No ‘copy’ of the story is ever made; rather, each individual, upon hearing the story, changes to some extent – enough so that when asked about the story later (in some cases, days, months or even years after Bartlett first read them the story) – they can re-experience hearing the story to some extent, although not very well (see the first drawing of the dollar bill, above).
Originally shared by Bodhipaksa
"We are organisms, not computers. Get over it. Let’s get on with the business of trying to understand ourselves, but without being encumbered by unnecessary intellectual baggage. The Information Processing metaphor has had a half-century run, producing few, if any, insights along the way. The time has come to hit the DELETE key."
https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-empty-brain/5646021
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