Quote from: Dustin c00lerth4nu on October 25, 2014, 06:42:48 PM

Quote from: RC5908 on October 25, 2014, 06:41:49 PM

hard drives aren't real

Silicon also isn't a part of human biology. In fact most metals are not.

no shit, but the point is that data can be stored physically.

Wow how mind blowing... well now I know. Any other cool facts you can share?

Camnator thread? Camnator thread.

I tried posting this on Thursday or Friday, but Mr Psy + Demonic weren't allowing me to post on alts so I've been saving this post for a few days now. Way to go mods for filtering out non-political threads, because this board is totally not in desperate need of them.

I was in my psychology class today (which at my university is taught as a natural science and focuses much less on behavior than typical psychology classes) and today's lecture was primarily on memory. The professor was explaining how the most prominent theory in psychology is that memories are held together as a network of connections, which explains why if you lose part of your brain you don't necessarily lose all of its stored memories. At this point I was tempted to raise my hand and ask him about the possibility that memories are held in the electrical signals that zap around your head, which seems to make more sense considering that there aren't any unique neuron organelles where a memory could physically be stored, but I didn't know how to word it without sounding naive so I never spoke up about it. Surely psychologists much be aware of the possibility, but I'm honestly a bit stunned it's not the leading theory. How is that memories can be stored in one physical location anyway? We're organic, meaning unique chemical structures are the only way to hard wire that kind of information in a physical manner (correct me if I'm wrong, but how else can organic matter store information?). But clearly having a unique chemical structure for each memory is just not realistic. It seems to me that if you're looking for that high of a level of complexity, electrical impulses (i.e. non-physical storage) are the way to go. I guess the reason why it's not the main theory is that these electrical impulses are of all the same intensity and speed, meaning frequency is the only variable the brain can use to create uniqueness to code for different memories. But I personally disagree that those three variables are all we're working with. I actually believe that quantum mechanics can help unlock some of the more hidden variability in electrical impulses that help code for memories. But considering you can't really measure a quantum state, and especially not while it's in a brain, there's really no way to confirm that. Still, I think that's a much more logical conclusion than to say that memories are somehow stored physically.

What do you think about how memories are stored? Can they be physically stored, or is it more likely something else? And sorry for the no-break wall of text above, but it can't be too hard to understand.

Maybe you'll care less about receiving credit and attention when you're older, who knows. You might be intelligent, but the odds are still always against you to go down in history.

Why not rid ourselves of democracy altogether?

Quote from: Dustin xBasedGod on October 21, 2014, 05:14:34 PM

Most people threaten to commit suicide just for attention. Telling someone that you don't care or egging them on to kill themselves probably does more to change their mind than giving them the attention they want.

Wow.

I don't even care if you're joking, I just lost all respect for you.

You don't have to pretend that you care about other people.

What's your major?

Chemical engineering, though I haven't applied for it yet. Currently I'm in (what they call) Allied Health because I originally was just planning on scientific research, but if I go for engineering I at least have the option open to work in industry (meaning I can actually make bank instead of being a poor as fuc­k researcher).

Maybe people aren't quoting you?

It's funny because Camnator is probably the most 'quoted' member of Bungie history.

The first eleven members that joined should get something special.

ftfy

Bitching publicly is going to help...

Public should know.

>B's

You have dishonored your family. Commit Sudoku.

I don't go to a community college, it's not that easy. You should see the shit I have to do for chemistry.

When did this start happening?

What does that do in browser?

ME3 sucked