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.

How do you get warned for insulting other users when other users constantly insult you? Last time I reported insultive posts, you just slapped me with a ban for abusing the report function. This is the exact shit I'm talking about when I say biased moderation.

And no, I can't PM this because I don't know which mod issued the warning.

It'd also be nice if you could point me to the exact post I made that 'warranted' the warning.

When did this start happening?

Quote from: Decimator Omega on October 22, 2014, 12:15:13 AM

The inside joke is me and my autism I'm sure of that.

Yeah I don't really care anymore.

Nice link there genius.

That happens to everyone. You must be desperate to make fun of him to try and fit in.

Something doesn't come from nothing, the logical conclusion is that a higher being exists, not that was a random explosion one day that created everything.



inb4 called out for baiting even though this is a legitimate discussion and it is not my fault that you don't have any response to being called out on a logical fallacy

Essentially what's happening is that our highway system, bridges, and power grid that were made in the 1950s are starting to fail and they can longer meet our needs. The infrastructure was only meant to last fifty years, meaning we're still using it far past the expiration date. The problem is that the cost to replace it all is in the trillions of dollars, and because no one wants higher taxes and/or a higher debt, we're not doing anything about it.

What solution do you propose (even though your opinions don't matter and none of you are experts)?

inb4 ban

It's funny because liberals are the real racists.

Everyone who lives there goes down as well. No one is spared.

I'll give it until the end of the decade.

Who honestly has not had to deal with this at some point or another?

I would post my list, but it's too long to bother.

The amount of rusltling I've done with him is just inconceivable.