Memories, its what we are. Which differentiate Humans from others. Some might have a different view and would argue that the rationality of the human mind to separate out right and wrong is what makes us Humans. But here is the question for them, if you don't store the "Value1" and "Value2" in your memory. How can we make a comparision of two quantities and to arrive at a conclusion. And of course, the philosophy of wrong or right changes over time. So here we are , a moving "Data storage" . We go around collecting, learning millions and billions of informations. Day after day, year after year.
People can talk a lot on our brains processing capabilities. Some human can became an engineer, some a doctor, some a scientist and they would also tell you that how superior Humans are with all those processing, analyzing capabilities. But at the end of the day, what matters most is the simple " Happiness". How to feel Happy with that simple "smile".
I think the answer lies in our MEMORIES!. Have you every wondered, why that chocolate you had when you were young tasted perfect, but now even when you can buy all those expensive or even the same chocolate can't even come closer to that perfect taste!. And to make it worst, we are always trying to get that perfect chocolate day after day.....working, building, making, acheivehing higher and higher. To get back that moment, to get that perfect taste of that choclate, which passed away a long time ago, which stuck in our memories for rest of our lifes.
Time and time again, tasting new chocolates and comparing with that perfect one.
When a baby is born, its doesn't start with rational thinking. Its starts by storing the images, sounds into its memories! Since most people know computer nowadays, i can easily compare a program flow. Did some one say "Adding two numer". Yes, if you want to add two numbers, you need to store the two number first. That was absolute beauty ( i call it). Then you can do the processing. 1 + 1 = 2! Hurray. Then we do decission making, rational/logical thinking ( i call it). "2 is bigger than 1"
So before the thinking process starts, there is this thing call Storing the data. That where the realy beauty lies. Yes, in our terms, we call it MEMORIES!. Like a picture perfect, information get stored in our brain. You can try to erase/delete the image. But as you know (computer experts). The real thing never get deleted. It lies there some where in your MEMORIES.
I will stop here for today. Will try to continue...hopefully sooner.Wednesday, August 15, 2007
MEMORIES-I
Memories, its what we are. Which differentiate Humans from others. Some might have a different view and would argue that the rationality of the human mind to separate out right and wrong is what makes us Humans. But here is the question for them, if you don't store the "Value1" and "Value2" in your memory. How can we make a comparision of two quantities and to arrive at a conclusion. And of course, the philosophy of wrong or right changes over time. So here we are , a moving "Data storage" . We go around collecting, learning millions and billions of informations. Day after day, year after year.
People can talk a lot on our brains processing capabilities. Some human can became an engineer, some a doctor, some a scientist and they would also tell you that how superior Humans are with all those processing, analyzing capabilities. But at the end of the day, what matters most is the simple " Happiness". How to feel Happy with that simple "smile".
I think the answer lies in our MEMORIES!. Have you every wondered, why that chocolate you had when you were young tasted perfect, but now even when you can buy all those expensive or even the same chocolate can't even come closer to that perfect taste!. And to make it worst, we are always trying to get that perfect chocolate day after day.....working, building, making, acheivehing higher and higher. To get back that moment, to get that perfect taste of that choclate, which passed away a long time ago, which stuck in our memories for rest of our lifes.
Time and time again, tasting new chocolates and comparing with that perfect one.
When a baby is born, its doesn't start with rational thinking. Its starts by storing the images, sounds into its memories! Since most people know computer nowadays, i can easily compare a program flow. Did some one say "Adding two numer". Yes, if you want to add two numbers, you need to store the two number first. That was absolute beauty ( i call it). Then you can do the processing. 1 + 1 = 2! Hurray. Then we do decission making, rational/logical thinking ( i call it). "2 is bigger than 1"
So before the thinking process starts, there is this thing call Storing the data. That where the realy beauty lies. Yes, in our terms, we call it MEMORIES!. Like a picture perfect, information get stored in our brain. You can try to erase/delete the image. But as you know (computer experts). The real thing never get deleted. It lies there some where in your MEMORIES.
I will stop here for today. Will try to continue...hopefully sooner.
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4 comments:
Riyas, thats a very interesting piece of writing.. what you are saying makes perfect sense. It is well inline with the observations, Neurologists studying the brain circuitary have made thus far.
Memories that we collect and store in our early days assume more significance and pay pivotal role in shaping us, motivating us and keeping us going..
Good One.. enjoyed reading it.. This could well be in the Web site's Front Page for a Company that makes semiconductor memories as they can take pride in what they are doing.
So When can we expect Memories-2 ?.
Happy blogging and keep smiling.
:-)
Hi Don, good one!
thanks guys for the feedback
Our memory system is built so that we are likey to remember what is most important to us. In our everyday lives, memory is a natural in by product of the manner in which we think about an episode. Different people retain or recollect very different aspects of their everyday environment.
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