You remember what now?

[andrewducker]

Here is a funny-because-it's-true piece on memory, perception and free will. It's well worth a read, just to remind yourself how things _really_ work :->

Comments

[yalovetz]

I've been to the Exploratorium in San Francisco and it is much fun. I've also tried out an exhibit like the one the author refers to that makes you think the bronze hand is actually yours (though the one I tried was in the V&A). The basic set up is that you put your hand into a slot underneath the bronze hand. Then you get someone else to simultaneously stroke your forefinger (out of sight) and the forefinger of the bronze hand (in sight). Then your brain pairs up tactile sensation and visual data to tell you that yes, that bronze hand being stroked really is your hand, yes, the one being stroked. Weird. But cool.

[lizzie-and-ari.livejournal.com]

NIce article. Memory is freaky. I have a very clear memory of riding my red tricycle (oddly) into a wire type fence covered in plants at my brother's birthday party. I fell off it and had to go to hospital to have stitches in my head.

This is not what happened. We were having dinner at home in an ordinary fashion and I was rocking on my chair and cracked my head on the radiator. This I do not remember. I do, however, believe my mother.

Wtf?

Hope you're having a spiffing day.

L xxx

[likeneontubing.livejournal.com]

i'm pretty sure we can override the hormones he's talking about RE free will though